Very good image. Did you shoot from the same or similar angel and focus on the chain thats farther away and therby let the nearer chain out of focus? Just wondering how it would look like.
I like the composition in this one, but I don't care for the reddish tone. I thought about doing a shot like this, and you've captured what I thought would work well, but the tone overpowers it I think.
Nice image. Kind of sad indeed. I like the redscale and the depth. The age of the wood enhances the number of years these have seen action and what is not there now.
I had the exact same idea for this challenge, but wound up doing something else instead. So obviously I like your concept very much! :) I'm not sure about the edge of the swing being right at the edge of the frame, but for the most part I really like the composition. Good focus and use of depth of field. The tones seem somewhat pixelated and chunky - of course, with the basic editing rules you're unable to fix things like that, though, so no marks down for that. Overall I like it quite a bit. Definitely has the feeling of "silence".