A Discounted Life
by Jak

Comment by camelotnorth:
good perspective on life and picture

A Discounted Life
by Jak

Comment by dequinix:
Compression is weak, the angle is awkward/unnecessary and the composition feels uninspired/uncreative. I'm probably being picky (as I often am) but I could almost feel the sadness in this image, and that's what bugs me--the "almost" of it all.

A Discounted Life
by Jak

Comment by Journey:
Fail to see how this relates to the challenge. Seems more a reflection on homelessness which could be caused by substance abuse, abusive childhoods, etc, etc, and maybe also somewhat by corporate ruthlessness. Don't like the angle of the store and image is out of focus.

A Discounted Life
by Jak

Comment by mcrochip:
And closed. Effective.

A Discounted Life
by Jak

Comment by waltoml:
I thought of the same thing, but couldn't find anybody to take a picture of... Focus could be a bit sharper, lighting is good. I like the angle of the shot.

A Discounted Life
by Jak

Comment by martinwoods_uk:
I don't care for the way the image is leaning over to the right, if the vertical lines were actually vertical I think it would look much better IMHO. There is a slight fuzziness to the pic which is not caused by focus problem but by JPEG over compression of the image which causes the unsharp look on the shopping trolley and window bars. The tell tale patterns of this are evident around those black patches on the white pillar to the right of the image if you zoom to 200 - 300 % You may well understand this already but otherwise check out this link which is also in DPC's tutorials section //www.photoblink.com/info.asp?Article=articles/JPEG.xml apart from all that though it's a good subject for the challenge and well exposed

A Discounted Life
by Jak

Comment by BAMartin:
I like the slight tilt to this photo, it adds to the subject matter by having everything a little "off balance" like that. I get the feeling that the sleeping homeless man is going to slide off into oblivion... BAMartin

A Discounted Life
by Jak

Comment by CynSeaSure:
sad, so true in todays world

Rocky Road Ahead
by Jak

Comment by anitra:
interesting texture, nice color with yellow and blue/gray; perspective adds to drama of photo

Rocky Road Ahead
by Jak

Comment by Nswenson0:
That road in the corner is a little distracting, but I still give it a 9. I think this would do even better in a "pattern" challenge

Nswenson0