Lovely! Congrats on another great score and placing - very pleased to see street/candids do well these days! And very nice use of the natural elements for framing, too.
Upping my vote on this. Initially I thought it was a bit snapshoty... don't know what planet I was on looking at it now there is so much emotion there. Like the desaturation.
I'm not a fan of centered subjects but it seems like it was probably best for this shot. I like the more 'spontaneous' look this has rather then the 'posed' look some of the other similar shots offered for the challenge. I do think there could be a little more contrast as to me, the photo looks a little faded. The focus is excellent. I'll score the photo at 9.