I liked how you composed this, the wide expanse of the land and the lonely engine off to the side, seeming abandoned as the ragged bushes grew up around it in the middle of nowhere, or so it seems. Nicely seen scene that should have done better in the challenge.
Nothing feels very sharp about this pic. I don't think the black and white does it any favors. The train is so dark that it's hard to make out any details there, just looks like a dark blotch to me. I think if more of the side were included it would be easier to make out details there.
From a technical standpoint, this is a good effort - not as crisp or sharp with everything detail well controlled and captured as it should be. From an artistic standpoint, it's rather bland and uninviting to the viewer. Sometimes an image, even one as technically competant as this one is, is just an image. A worthy entry into the challenge and directly related to the challenge subject. A good effort falling short in the artistic sense.
Looks like its been there a while. Not sure what it is or is not about this one. I think maybe it's the composition. My eye gets led right past the subject without stopping. I find myself looking down the tracks instead of at the train.
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