Beautiful job, should be heading for a ribbon. Kind of a stretch (for me) in terms of meeting the challenge, but I found an argument, so I won't ding you for that. The photo itself is top notch. Love that expression on the guy's face, and love how the sand is kicking up. Very, very nice job.
This could be my favorite picture ever. I mean- it is the stupidest topic I have ever seen, a let years elvis-looking redneck type fellow with a plum-dumb expression on his face on a horse on a softball field? but it works for you. even if you consider the fact that it is overexposed, undersaturated, poorly focused and similarly poorly composed with the horizon in ht ecenter and distractions of blurry things in ht emain focal points, the whole thing just works. And choices? what of the challenge? I love how you flaunt convention and enter this buffoon riding a stallion into this challenge completely unawares. The horse is real nice. that counts for a ten in my book.