Strivers

This image is quite intense and stunning. Allthough there is one thing that I would say is too much in the photograph.
But let's start from the beginning: The idea behind the this photograph is simple but beautyful. It was a good choice to reduce the image to lines and figures and to erase the colors. They would just steal the show.
To make the image clearer and with a straighter view direction I would have left out of the image the two crossing blades of grass that appear in front of the figure. These two are in my eyes too much for the viewer and the image and take away a lot of minimalism in this image. they look like not in the right place, also because there is no symetrie, it would have fit better if the "head" of the figure would be centered above the crossing.
the grainy touch in the figure adds a nice atmosphere to the image.