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chusterComment by pidge: Salut from the critique club!
You've got an excellent shot here, so most of what I say will be pretty picky stuff or relating to the challenge theme.
B&W: Excellent choice to use B&W here. It enhances the silhouette of the pole, wire and bird quite well. As stated in prior comments, it also creates an excellent 'old' feel which is very appropriate for the mood you've created with the picture.
Composition: The only thing is the pole seems to get lost in the buildings on the bottom. I feel that it wants to stand out as much towards the top as it does towards the bottom, and this is not happening. Perhaps there is a way to get a lower angle so more of the pole is against the sky as opposed to the buildings? This would also help to crop out the darker areas of the lower part of the picture, and the detials of the where the wire is connected to the pole would be better seen as well. The only other tiny thing is the crane that sort of sticks in on the right. I know this is an open challenge so you can't clone it out, but maybe a tighter crop on the right to get rid of it would be nice.
Sharpening: I feel the buildings are a touch soft, and a bit of unsharp mask in photoshop would help bring the details of the buildings out a bit. You don't list your post processing steps, so I don't know what you've used or not used on this picture.
As I said, you've got an excellent capture with the mountains in the background and the starkness of the bird on the pole against the backdrop.
Happy shooting and I hope this helps. Don't hesitate to ask a question if you have one
Cheers!
pidge
