paname, paname square Willette, Paris

Guy, I like what you are trying to do with this image, but there are a couple of things that, for me at least, let it down a bit. There is too much going on in the frame and a bit too much dead space on the right. By converting to black and white then you remove the distraction of the brightly coloured bins. And by cropping the right hand sideto the vertical line on the wall you put the subject in a better position in the frame and remove some of the dead space.

Final thing, although not related to aesthetics or anything, concerned the title "Lonely". When I look at the picture I don't see him as "lonely". He is definitely "Alone", but seems quite happy.

Hope this helps a bit. I see some nice work in your portfolio and will drop by there again.

Kind regards

Pete