Love it Deb!! Maybe would have fared poorly in the challenge it probably would have been one of the best images. I don't convey thoughts on an image as well as Paul does so I will just echo his sentiments, well done!
How about Tree and ubique? He is so good at his interpretations. I just have to look at this and get lost in the field with wonder. Excellent. I've really grown to love these blurry images. Great work!
Good for the Grey challenge too. Love the light and dark lines of the foreground. The simplicity is wonderful, and the lone man under the tree makes this very special. Fabulous.
After reading that other ghastly thread, I hope it will give you a chuckle if I assure you that this would not have been a 3! (I only hope that its replacement doesn't turn out to have been so, 'cause I'll feel absolutely dreadful.)
This one has everything that I hope for in a photograph ... ambiguity; a tantalising blend of the implicit with the explicit; a stimulating juxtaposition; exceptionally beautiful restrained tones; and a graphic elegance and aesthetic that exists independent of the actual subject matter. It even has a killer title. I could look at it for a very long time indeed, and I am in fact doing so now. I will not lie to you Deb ... if it had been entered in Single Tree, I promise you I would have chosen it as Best in Challenge. And awarded it the Order of the Thumb, which I now do anyway.