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Well, this, for me, is an example of why I love photography. This has the mood, the composition, the lighting, the technique, but more than all of that, at first sight of this image there is absolutely no question "why" you pressed the shutter release. I think this particular challenge was not worthy of this entry--this is, to me, a fine art image.
Thanks everyone for the comments! I wasn't sure how this would score since I only have a shadow of a tree in the shot but wanted to submit it anyway. I'm pleased to have such wonderful comments. Thanks! I really appreciate all of them! :)
Remarks: Despite the toned-down brightness/contrast, highlight details are lost in the white shirt. On the other hand, the arboreal silhouette drawn here works such wonderful magic both aesthetically and compositionally, I cannot help but imagine the dancers as proxy via the shadows they throw. Their, perhaps, unavoidable inclusion (as sources for their shadows) strikes me as nearly redundant in this context.
Given the interest and quality of competing entries in this challenge, there can be no contest, IMO. It is and remains, in my view, the only photograph to consider.
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