Contail
by gmink

Comment by Neat:
I can see all the distracting elements, but the photo on whole is rather boring.

Contail
by gmink

Comment by Joshua_:
Like an asteroid ready to impact the sand..I like this one

Grasshopper feeding
by gmink

Comment by MaryO:
Love that one spot of light bokeh, like his own personal sun. Almost looks like a couple of spots of sensor dust on there, but it could be something else. I'd probably clone them out, but that may be a lingering prejudice from too much experience with sensor dust ;-)

Grasshopper feeding
by gmink

Comment by justfourreal:
nice capture

Grasshopper feeding
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Comment by greigner:
awesome colors

WTF
by gmink

Comment by posthumous:
are you aware of foreshortening and perspective? no

Danger ahead
by gmink

Comment by Paul:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

This is a good find for the challenge. Selective desaturation is a tricky techniques, not technically but for knowing when it works. It does work here but it is slightly in-your-face; it draws attention to the flag and thus away from the tracks which are the implicit subjects here.

I like the splintering of the wood in the sleepers but cropping some of the lower part of the image would have give a crisper, and in my view, thus more effective foreground.

Overall, a valiant entry - better than 69th might lead you to believe.

WTF
by gmink

Comment by ciaeagle:
Confused? Yes.

WTF
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Comment by pixelpig:
Ah, the age-old question: is there enough signage in the world? The answer here is an obvious YES.

WTF
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Comment by dtremain:
Answer: Yes
Question: Were these signs installed by those new workers from that government make-work program for low income folks?

The signs are great, but the photo has some issues - like too shallow dof, right side and foreground too light, the left side too dark, and glare on the stop sign. I do think that the truck being there adds to the WTF-ishness of the picture.