I love it. The empty pier leading....somewhere. It says, "Go ahead, walk off this pier. See where it goes. And, while you're at it, give me a score of 9."
Really, really nice... inspires me to do more black and whites shots. Or was it just a really dreary day...? I think the horizontal and vertical juxtaposition is what draws me in, and realizing that the horizon is past the little ridge.
I like the coldness, the emptiness. I like the fact that it seems so lifeless but that the walkway is evidence of habitation. I guess there is a very subtle 'surreality' in its existence here. And to give you the benefit of the doubt, Dali's landscapes shared a similar starkness, though they were dotted with melting clocks. In all, I think it falls just short of meeting the challenge (which puts it far ahead of more than half the entries.)