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(Voted earlier)
This is one of my 9s - I like it a lot. Furthermore I think it enriches the DPC collective portfolio. Put simply, I wish we saw more stuff like this. Let me tell you why it pushes all the right buttons for me:
1. I know this place well and have sledged there myself - in the summer I would read books sat on the benches overlooking the lake. My parent's still live about 1 mile away from where you have taken this.
2. It's rather reminiscent of a Lowry painting with all of the figures going about their business. I enjoy how the details of their posture can be discerned.
3. I really like how you've manipulated the contrast - many (including me) would have been tempted to keep the sky as white as the snow but your choice emphasises the figures much more fully.
My favorite landscape/candid of the group. Great sense of scale and so much interest. It's one of those pieces that speaks to humanity and I am tickled by it.