Hey there  Manic- you testing to see what sort of Critiques are being put out by the Club these days? ;0
First thoughts on seeing your photo-
My preference for Black and White is to maximize contrast and really nail the gamut of tonality to increase the dramatic nature of the BW, because I feel like that’s what it works best for. However, I see you’ve taken a bit of an opposite approach, and I rather like where you’ve taken things. You obviously wanted to make things a bit dreamier, what with the application of gaussian blur, and this was well done. The lack of prominent contrast works wonderfully with the blur, and it also fits the scene. I think of palm trees as tropical, and somewhat dreamy in a vacation sense (perhaps I wouldn’t associate palm trees with dreamy vacations if I didn’t live in Colorado), and you’ve developed a compelling theme through combining these elements (similar to what Deb said).
While I think you really nailed that, the subject matter itself isn’t terribly compelling to me. There isn’t clear points for the viewer to focus upon, and the emphasis on subject is limited by the other intruding elements in the scene. There’s really a lot to look at, but it’s at the awkward point where there is no complete surrender to cluttered madness and it isn’t a clearly defined and simplified scene- it’s in a nether region. I think either more or less subjects would have benefited things. It would also be nice if there was a bit more detail in the clouds, though I understand you had a very contrasty scene so you would’ve been forced to sacrifice more of the palm fronds to complete shadow.
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