I'm really into goth rock and new wave. My favorite band is The Birthday Massacre. The guy in my avatar is, in fact, a guy. His name is Mana from the band Malice Mizer.
Cracks, roots, rock textures and snow really make this an unusual shot. I like the effects, especially when you enlarge the shot and get in very tight.
This one came up in the voting booth and I don't know how I missed it before. The soft painterly effect works great with the hard surface. There's so much to see here and the dusting of snow accenting the surfaces is just icing on the cake (so to speak) This bumped one off my desktop I've had there for a week.