How is this something you'd expect to be full, but is empty?

It is a ROAD which should be FULL of traffic !

Ohhhhhh... I see. I didn't get that it was a road. I thought it was just a tidal flats or something

But instead it's filled with water, doesn't exactly make it empty.

It's a good theme match but I think you could have taken a better shot, maybe a different POV.

nice

Nice emptiness thou...

Yeah, cocor, I like it very much too.

Just because it's far away, doesn't make it empty.

I tend to agree, beautiful shot though.

what is expected to be there that is not there?

Thanks for all the comments. Everything is in its place in the shot IMHO. The distance to the subject gives sence of a vast empty space in between (about 10 kilometers by the way).

ok, but the contest says that you have to expect to find something there that it is empty of. so... what did you expect to find that is no longer there? what you say, that everything is "in place" would indicate that nothing is gone, it is not empty of anything.

I wouln't expect to see it full

agree, it would be kinda scary if it werent empty