returning for comments:
A very nice subject. I detect missing tones and the dome sky shading steals my attention. However, even in its current state there is something I like about this image. Bumping up to 6
There are too many images fighting for my attention. This image is too cluttered. I would have focused on the rotting pier and the image of growing industry in the background. The photographer has the potential to nail this challenge in this photo, but the battle for my attention weakens the message.
Brilliant crispness in the images, however. The technical aspects of this photo are truly exquisite. With a little more attention to artistic composition, he or she would be hard to beat in a challenge.
The sepia appears very faded almost like an old newspaper clipping - this I really like. The actual image and composition are not particularly interesting or engaging for me. It technically meets the challenge, but I honestly thought decay or destruction before "time" when I first looked at it - but that is a nit-pick.