I like this image, and I do feel that it really does represent this challenge. However it woule look so much nicer if it was a bit larger in size, so you could see more detail.
Too dark and too small. I don't get "silence" from your image. I can't tell if the sidewalk ends at the trees in the backgound or keeps going because the picture is so dark. 2
I love the desolate nature of this photo. I think it's one of the better ones in this challenge. The only thing to note is that you may want to increase the size of the image (to about 500 pixels wide) in future challenges. It always seems like the larger photos do better. Good luck with this one.