Old man on a column

please critique this picture!!! i am learning so i want to know what

im doing right and wrong!

I like this photo. I think that you hace captured the feeling for the man. You may try cropping a little more from the right, closer to the man. You said that you turned it B & W. Was it orignally color? I would like to see that.

 

 

The picture is very good, i like it and a I like the old man as character. Now some comments are that the man is looking towards the right and so he "normally" "should" be on the left of the cadre (it is up to you, it is just a comment). Second, since he seems to look somewhere, it would be nice to show his environment and maybe where he is looking. For that you should approach closer and shoot with a wide angle (which is not always easy). Third bw is fine but maybe you could lighten up the face.