Feeling the Weight of the World

After taking the photo of the golden leaves carpet in my main album today - http://365project.org/taffy/365/2013-11-12 - I looked to the right and saw this guy sitting amongst what were also beautiful golden leaves. In contrast to the bright, sunlight scene (golden leaves, bright red brick building, sun shining on both building and leaves), he looked so weighted down. Processed it in b&w to bring out all the textures and better align with what seemed to be his mood.

[Hope D Jennings]

Very cool processed in black and white!It would not have conveyed this mood of loneliness.He really does look like he is carrying the weight if the wold on his shoulders.Love all the strong lines in the brick and benches.The leaves have lost all importance.this is such a great example of what processing can accomplish! Fav!

[Lisa Poland]

Great shot. Really sets the mood.

[Maggiemae]

It is fun doing something different and trying to create a mood! Very good for this!

[Sally Ings]

Superb candid capture and processing. Definitely works perfectly in b&w!

[Lisa]

monochrome is very effective in setting the mood

[Timothy]

very cool

[KWind]

Wow...what a different feeling than your main album shot. I hope the guy is ok!

[Suse♡]

Oh I can sense his dark mood and the processing is spot on to this subject. I always like the little bit dark moody pics and this is a very good one.

[Kerri]

Great b&w

[Yao RL]

If I did not know that the leaves weight nothing, I would be worried that the earth was weighted down by these piles. Lovely shot and processing

[Graham Thresher]

A super B & W

[Ness Santvoort]

B&W really suits this shot, love it

[virtualbrownie]

Really moody shot - processing suits the picture perfectly

[Dione Giorgio]

Very moody, Taffy. Love your processing in B&W.

[Kazzy]

Perfect choice for b&w.

[Elaine]

Nicely processed Taffy

[Mara]

Very interesting texture, lines and incredible dried leaves carpet. The guy suits the b&w processing very well.

[beluga]

Great composition and processing.

[Pam Knowler]

Wonderful composition and a great atmosphere created by the processing!! A great B&W image!!

[Elizabeth]

Your B&W really brings out the textures of the brick wall and carpet of leaves. The caption sets the tone. Great capture!

[Penny Price]

Nice capture.

[Linda]

Such a stark contrast to the other one. You have captured such a sad mood with your composition and processing. Very well done.

[Angie]

Really cool shot - very moody.

[Katie]

Such a different feel! Great compare and contrast.

[Rachel Withey]

Well seen. Great emotion in this

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I do like the b/w and your reasoning for it. But the colors sound really nice too! Nice processing.

[Lin]

Love the processing!

[Taffy]

@mzzhope Thanks for the Fav Hope. I also was totally struck by how differently color (or the lack of it) affects each of the shots. Taken from just a few feet apart, yet feeling so different in each one. Thanks for your continued support!

[Junko Y]

A great capture and processing to project the mood!

[Sean O'Neill]

I can feel the weight on his shoulders. Fav. Intense B+W

[colie (Nichole Stewart)]

Beautifully done! Great moody shot