Reflections...on a life lived. C&C Welcome.

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[travis4567]

Jakc, I love this photo, tell us about it.

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Thanks Travis. What's to tell? Moreover, what does it say to you? That is what's important...what it tells the viewer.

[travis4567]

I see a woman who has seen the world and has many more adventures to experience. I like the urban background. I think I would title it "Reflections on a life to Live"

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Travis, that's the elegance of photography, it's interpretive. I'll tell you later my interpretation.

[FootLoose]

I think this is very clever, Jack. The ghostly images of two other people 'sitting' opposite her suggest past encounters, and the solid verticals of the buildings in the reflection backing her up tell me she is a strong, enduring character. The 'one way' sign is a bit ambiguous (and that is good) : does it imply that her way is the only way, or is there only one path ahead of her now.

Well seen and captured.

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Thank you Greg. I totally love the way this (or any) photo can be interpreted. What's more interesting is that the image first seen isn't always the image actually seen. How's that for ambiguity?
As for the 'one way' sign, you did notice that she's facing the opposite of the direction. Maybe she goes against convention?

[FootLoose]

Ah, nice point Jack. I didn't notice the arrow head on the sign.

[Shadowman]

Very nice.

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Thanks John.

[bnnrcn]

The looks in the eyes say that she has experienced so many things in life and she knows how it is to be old..Very impressive image.Reflections are very nice too and I like the angle you rotated it (or may be you shot with this angle ?).Well done

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Thanks Binnur. The angle (I've been previously informed it's called a Dutch Tilt) was accidental. What caught my eye was the woman, eating alone. To me there's sadness in her eyes. This is what I like about street photography: you capture a moment of time of another person's life, but without any knowledge of their life, so one is left to interpret.

[IzzieK]

Very interesting, Jack...she may have a lot of stories to tell of her life lived too...

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Thanks Isabel. Everybody has stories to tell of their life, sometimes though, you can read a little something of them just in their face.

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Jakc, I love this photo, tell us about it.

This was a very quick from-the-hip shot. I noticed two things simultaneously: one, that the woman was eating alone and two, she bore a resemblance to my late mother. It was the latter that struck me strongest (for all the logical reasons) so all I did was point my camera and take the shot. It was after I downloaded the files that I could see more details in the shot; ghostly images of other diners, buildings, sky and signs reflected on the window.