The problem is they stated only the first SS would be taken into account, they even said to use the discussion thread to post rough drafts, the fact that they picked your second picture kind of goes against the rules they created.

not to mention, people claiming they were in the background of other winner's screenshots when they state NOT to have other players in the SS.

I feel happy for the winners and dissapointed for not being picked, but its mainly because i feel like the rules were ignored and the time/effort taken was random at best (im starting to agree with them taking the random entry from a hat approach, then waiting to give the impression they looked at all of them)

"Rules"

Participants must post one screenshot in the contest entry thread.
(which we have seen ignored, lot of grey area here...but i took this as your first screenshot is your entry, nothing about who/what is in said SS)