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If my aunt Emma had taken this shot, her finger would have covered the lens and all you'd see is Chet's overexposed ear.

Man, I don't get the crop complaints. I think crops like this work great! And the eyes are great as well. I hope I don't offend anyone by saying this, but it looks like he's got cataracts or some similar ocular malady. Whatever it is, there is a hopeful but resigned pain in there.

Nicely done!

Awesome shot. No question that it's Paris, or at the very least a French (European or Canadian) city. The Bronx?? A stroll down Fordham with a baguette under my arm... Nope, don't see it. This is very French to me - the stonework, the crosswalks, the iron, the cars.

And I really like the tone/contrast. I feel like at the top of the steps is a train station and I'm sitting on the train looking out through a window and down at a Montmarte neighborhood (the caption said this was 18eme, which is Montmarte, right?) . The people just got off my "train" and are going home. As a train passenger, I am just passing through and am not intimately familiar with the surroundings, which I believe is the point of the entire shot. This isn't about perfect contrast or capturing the soul of a city - it's a moment in life and it could be in any large city.