I realised this was taken out of the challenge date. Had to inform the SC and get it removed :( shame. I really loved this image. And it was doing quite well too.
Not that it matters, but here's why it happened. I was in Glasgow for a friend's stag party. I initially entered an image that was taken on a Saturday. When I got home I decided to change my entry to the current one. Because the initial entry was within the time frame, my association was that 'pictures taken during the stag are OK', so I entered 'fish pond' without verifying it's date. Stupid stupid, and very sloppy :(
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This is just an absolute killer image. Murky, modern film noir... the more I look, the better I like it. Bumping from 9 to 10 and predicting a ribbon :-)