patrick28 Loc: Port Jeervis, NY

This attempt at the sentinel was also elusive.

I waited for a morning mist on a cold autumn dawn.

I wanted to suggest the loneliness, the chill, the dread of the guard post at early dawn.

This photo was the lead photo in my slide show for our Memorial Day Service in church and served as the projected backdrop for the recital of "In Flanders Fields."

Dawn Sentinel

jonsund Loc: Currently: Florida, USA

Sorry, I do not understand the tree in the foreground. Seems like the guard should be in the foreground if he is the subject and the frame created to relay the concept that you are attempting to display. The gray day does come out and I believe that you accomplished that feeling.

patrick28 Loc: Port Jeervis, NY

Howdo, Jon! Thanks for the response.

We're getting into esthetics here so the discussion could get petty broad. I liked the feel of the tree. For me, it emphasized winter and the cold. I felt the tree somehow made him still more isolated and perhaps startled by what he is looking at.

I was relating to an Ambrose Bierce Civil War story wherein a Union scout crept up on a Confederate picket and recognized him as his brother. They both stared at one another and the Union scout slipped away without a word between them.

jonsund Loc: Currently: Florida, USA

In that context it makes sense and yuor image supports your story. Good to think out of the box at times.