Nice timing. Good focus and exposure. Learn from the comments you receive and you will do better in future challenges that you enter. BTW I gave you a 5
No way this deserved the brown. This was a difficult capture; a lot of work went into this. Yes, its too small and the crop is off, but sad to see that voters stopped looking after noticing those obvious faults, because there is a lot more that is good about this image. Don't let the voters get you down; your image is much better than the score reflects.
You've resized it too small, the brown bit in the upper-left corner should have been cropped. The direct, on-camera flash is probably not the best choice for lighting this one.
Great timing, and wonderful stop action. The image is a little small, though, using less than half of the allowable size, and the edge of your dish in the upper left corner distracts a little.