I stopped to take this as I was passing through a neighborhood in the city. There was no school that day, yet there were no children in the playground. As I walked around the playground, I began to wonder where all the children might be that day? My gut tells me that the child population isn't sliding - their just not sliding today.
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You could have gotten a better effect by using a different angle. Maybe a low angle. The background is distracting. Maybe a longer focal length and wide apperature setting to create a shallower depth of field.
Less depth of field would remove the building in the background stealing our eye from the subject. I also think there needs to be a bit more space to the right, so my eye can land after going down the slide.