Lost

Perfect. You got the moment and the feeling. Congratulations

Thank you! It was one of those moments where everything just falls together. It was about an hour before sunset so the light was perfect. My daughter started walking down the empty beach following the tire tracks, which would have made for a decent shot. But then the truck appeared on the horizon and she stopped to look at it. I was just trying to capture that moment, but it was only afterwards that I realized the truck could be seen as moving away from her, having just left the fresh tracks and suggesting she was left behind. I just love it when a photo tells a story like that, even if it wasn't the real story!

Having a granddaughter just slightly younger than this subject (one than we worry about daily), I am emotionally penetrated by this image! Yes, upon closer examination, I gather that the vehicle in the distance is oncoming at a tangent and more happenstance than an elemental component. But the "damage is done" as far as the effectiveness of the shot is concerned. I cannot get this image out of my head!

i can feel a sadness, great picture

...but it makes me sad. She looks like she's being left behind.

Thanks so much! I got lucky when that truck appeared on the horizon...