Jim

A one-of-a-kind image. You have a real treasure here. The perspective (angle of camera vis a vis the subject), detail, contrast and setting of the subject, is just superb. A very powerful image. Superb, just superb.

DG

man, aqualung is getting up there in age.....you should post this on Ian Anderson's website....lol

I am glad he let you take some images of him, poor soul, nice work, excellent processing Ian.

Wonderful street photo of a kind of biblical figure (well, without the guitar).  Thom is right, Aqualung is back!  :) 

"Elvis is Dead" elevates this shot from the ordinary.  Great eye!  Best, LM.

A  lovely photo with a bit of whimsy written on the door. I don't think of this man as a poor soul. Music tends to make souls richer. Tattered clothing doesn't make for a poor soul. This guy looks capable and engaged. I know it's become traditional to sharpen old men into pathos-laden series of pores and wiry beards, but it renders so many decent photos into more of an illustration than a photo, forcing them to lose some of the realism inherent in the original shot as it becomes more about the sharpness of the picture than about life, humanity, and music. Exaggerating the wear and tear comes at a price, IMO. Still, however, a very nice capture.

This is great on so many levels :-) Jim, his guitar, and the claim that "Elvis is dead".

Hey, maybe this is Elvis!  He died in August, 1977, if memory serves.   I think that he was about forty-three.  If so, then he would be about seventy-nine.

The photo is too over-processed for my taste.

--Lannie

We're at risk of becoming desensitized to the misfortune of others by our desire to artistically interpret their appearance. 

This man described by the image tags as beg, homeless, sorrow, street, tramp, has feelings too. 

I like the angle of composition, really a good one , but the PP with the over sharpning  decstroy the whole,  as it  does not look natural.