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


Click the link or the thumbnail for full photograph of the tired, old man.

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.

Ted Szukalski

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

System

outstanding.... 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

Ted,
Very nice candid and great post technique. Very, uhm, HCB-ish
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!

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.