Cowboy.

Perfect work!

Great colors and composition, well done :)

Amazing how in retrospect, the most significant thing to happen to

you on a particular day is something totally unplanned and

accidental. I went to Livermore looking for a job that had been

advertized in the local paper. In those days, I did not own a car,

and I hated the fact that no real public transportation went to the

job site. After I got off the train, I waited for forty minutes for

a bus, and after a twenty minute ride, still had to walk for half an

hour to get there. And, that unanticipated long walk meant I got to

the interview late. Needless to say, I did not endear myself to my

prospective employers by not arriving on time. They flat out told me

that without a car, they could not hire me. The toughest part of the

day was repeating this half hour walk after I knew I had wasted my

day. So, I was in a really foul mood when this gentleman on

horeseback rode towards me. Instinctively, I picked up my camera and

began to shoot as he approached. Then, he rode up to me and stopped,

asking me what I was doing. When I explained to him I was just a

hobbyist, he agreed to pose for a few pictures, then explained to me

that he just exercises the horses. Years later, the memories of that

horrible day have faded, but this image remains.

Wonderful.

Fantastic shot, Emmanuel, I like it a lot. Un abrazo

 

Alberto

Very good composition,tone,and touching anecdote,Emmanuel.

It is a very beautiful picture. Looks like an ilustration from an old book.

Excellent. Congrats !

The grain and tone of this really works well with the subject. I also like that you are both close/personal with the subject, while also giving a sense of wide open spaces. Nicely done!!!!

 

Thanks also for your comment on the elephant trunk a few days ago. I haven't been able to get to photo.net much this month.

Beautiful composition and superb tones. Regards.

7/7 ~ I was touched and I felt everything. This is WHY we take pictures! For the story and for the memory! The fact that you held on to this picture and you remember the VIVID memory is so wonderful!

 

The fact that THIS picture could BE ON A BILLBOARD advertising so many things with how wonderful it is JUST AS IT IS! with the way that the horse and the man are to the left looking onward into the field is a great capture.

 

I LOVE the noise of the picture and I loe the teture as it has an old feel to it like you took it back in the 20's.

 

I have pictures just like it on cardboard from that era!

 

This is a masterpiece and a treasure. THANKYOU!

 

micki

A rewarding culmination of your job search, melding nostalgia with photographic opportunity.....well done.....cheers....Tye.

I think you're lucky to have met this cowboy, a REAL cowboy. I like the tint & I like that hat.

Just browsing and saw this fine shot. I come from a family of Wyoming cowboys (sadly, I'm not one of them), and this could be a photo from my grandmother's (or great-grandmother's) album. Wonderful! Regards...

Boy, am I late on this one. Not only is the an exciting, living image to me, but the story adds so much to my enjoyment of the photograph. Your little anecdote serves to illustrate that there is no wasted time for the man who is paying attention. It is only because we are locked into our expectations that we miss the miracles of the moment. Thanks for posting this old treasure.

How supremely eloquent!! Yes, I have one maxim I've always followed, and that's to shoot first and sort the details out later. In fact, I think part of the reason why I never suffer depression is the fact that there is always something over the next hill or around the corner to bring me joy. I always expect it, even in my darkest moments. Thank you very much for adding to the picture.

Of course I would like this one a lot, Emmanual. The graininess works here as well. A good photo. ~Sky

Emmanuel, wonderful composition and great choice of tones and texture. It gives this image a timeless,nostalgic look. Regards. Denise

I was looking back over some of your old pictures and I remember this one especially. It's still as fresh to me now as it was then. I think it was one of the pictures in your portfolio that first made me sit up and take notice. I'm going to put it in my favorites where it belongs.

A beautiful and classic image! Great composition, tone and feeling. There is just something about this one that speaks to me and tugs on my heart. I don't know how I have missed this one. I love your story you included about this particular day in which you thought all was wasted when clearly it was not! I think this photo illustrates how good things can come out of bad; God gave you a beautiful gift that day although it didn't come in the way you expected it and that is one of life's most beautiful things and a treasured lesson to learn. Lovely, lovely work and it is going into my faves. Thank you for sharing this photo and your story - it has inspired me. :)

Back in America around the 1850's the term Cowboy meant an outlaw, it wasn't until the expansion of America right after the Civil War did the Cowboy become respected. They helps the pioneers navigate this hostile environment, gathered food and made getting from point A to point B easier

Nice shot clad in sepia to give us that vintage feel, well cropped -