Old, Tired Man - comments and critique, please

[Ted Szukalski]

Here, I’ll seat on these steps. I cannot go on. It’s all too much and I must give my feet some rest.
Wait my shoes, my good old shoes, we will be on our way again. Just give me a moment.
Few more puffs of cigarette. See these people rushing around? They will be tired one day too. I'm tired now.
Tired, Old man (http://www.digital-photo.com.au/v/People/Street+Photography/Old-tired-man-IMG_3953.jpg.html)
http://www.digital-photo.com.au/gallery/d/600-2/Old-tired-man-IMG_3953.jpg (http://www.digital-photo.com.au/v/People/Street+Photography/Old-tired-man-IMG_3953.jpg.html)

Click the link or the thumbnail for full photograph of the tired, old man (http://www.digital-photo.com.au/v/People/Street+Photography/Old-tired-man-IMG_3953.jpg.html).

[Bakat]

Ted,
I am continually amazed by the humanity thay you have in your pictures!

A tremendous picture! Probably one of my favs in the last few months!

Kat

[SeeMoon]

Ohlala! I love it..it's like he took off his shoes to say; "I'm done, not going anywhere anymore.." Great shot, nice post. :thumb

[Ted Szukalski]

Thank you SeeMoon and Bakat. I consider this a very special photograph.

[allensphoto]

outstanding.... :clap well captured .. enjoyed looking through your site...
maybe we could talk more i would love to enter the field of street and people photo , but not sure how to approch the people..

[Dick on Aruba]

Well Ted, for a long time I didn't see such amazing picture in this category.
I had to see your galleries and I'm really impressed.

Well done Ted.

Thanks for sharing.

Dick.

[gus]

Thats a great catch there ted...i wonder if his new shoes are hurting his feet ?

[Nikolai]

Very nice candid and great post technique. Very, uhm, HCB-ish :thumb
Tiny technical remarks:

it's a bit too centered to my personal taste
righthand part of the image is blown out ("... but you know it already..", (c) Oracle, Matrix:-)HTH

Thanks for sharing! :thumb

[Ted Szukalski]

Wow, what a difference a day makes. So many more comments.

Nikolai: Yes, I know it is not perfect but this is really "capture the moment shot". In fact I missed his previous pose while getting the camera out. He was sitting there like the famous greek sculpture "the thinker".

Gus: I think he is the kind of a person who holds to his shoes and values them a lot.

Dick: Thank you. Actually one of the guys at work said I'm starting to show my own style. Comment like that mean a lot to me.

allensphoto: Thanks. Street photography is easy once you overcome the first huge obstacle - yourself. People do not mind being photographed. Approach and ask. Worst thing that can happen they will say no. Stay in safe, public areas, and click away.

[saurora]

What I like about this shot, Ted, is that most of us can relate to the feeling of being so tired, discouraged, hopeless, or whatever, that we don't want to go on. Either physically, or metaphorically, we just can't play the game any longer. Most of us cannot relate to living on the street as he probably is, but we can share the experience of weariness. I like the way you processed this shot.

[frg]

ditto to all of the above, great shot

[DavidS]

Excellent capture.