alone in zone 3

@morgan: Thanks, morgan.

@Florence: This area is along a vibrant stretch of waterfront and is always filled with people having a great time, which lent a certain context to the sight of this person slumped and weary looking, nobody else around. Thanks for your reading of the image, dear.

@Nicou: Merci beaucoup !

@Anna.C: I am doing more evening walks with the camera. Good "steady hand" practice and there are riches of stories out there after dark, as we know. Thank you for your reaction to the image. I really enjoy what I am seeing on YOUR blog, by the way.

@yiannis krikis: Yes, the lights and empty tents drew my eye, as normally this place is jammed with life. The lone figure added something that was needed, open to interpretation of course. Thanks !

@arvin: Thank you.

@Nina: Yes, exactly ! Thank you.

@Mowgli: Thanks a lot. I tried to find a balance between actual light conditions and my emotional feeling about the scene.

@Abena: This is the suggestive power of photography, which I love. Perhaps he was working here all day and into the evening, and was merely slumping in weariness before heading home... we don't know. His body language and the empty surroundings are suggestive of sadness. I like the ambiguity. I also like your comment :)

@grouser: Stories and songs, yes. Thank you mister g.

@L'Angevine: C'est à vous d'écrire le script. Merci.

@Melocoton: You are generous :) and I thank you.

@Jules: Thanks, Jules. It is wide open to interpretation, really. He slouched forward, head down, and at first glance seemed lonely or depressed but could just as easily have drank way too many beers ;-)

@Khashayar: Glad you like !

@Anthony Morgan Lambert: Not quite the same in color. Thanks, Ant.

@Don: I began this day's walk in the early afternoon and went deep into the night hours. From a 400 acre park to a lakeside marathon walk back downtown. It was a lot of fun and resulted in some pictures that please me enough to share quite a few. I like the challenges of handheld night shooting, too. Always much to learn ! Thanks a lot, Don.

@klausZ: The ambiguity of photography... is he drunk? Is he cooling off alone after a big argument with a partner? Is he merely exhausted after working in this tented area for long hours? His posture suggests something to us but we cannot be certain, and so we also have the strings of lights, the trees, the empty tents... these are stories that we each write according to our own emotional responses and past experience. I love that about photography and also the big impersonal settings of our cities. Many thanks, pal.

@hugo poon: Hello and thank you for the comment. The man's posture and energy seemed directly opposed to the festive lights and tents here, where there are usually happy gatherings with food and drink. Open to interpretation, of course, but I found it a touch sad also.

@Judy aka L@dybug: ha ha... let's just say he was enjoying some peace and quiet in the normally hectic city ? Thanks, Judy !

@Mireille T.: It seems that every party has its aftermath, and its lonely figure... Thanks very much for how you see this.

@Mooie: And the hug and dancing partner can even be two separate people ! Thanks for the comment, Canuck of the west coast :)

@Baldwin Vandewalle: I hope not, but everything is possible and plausible. Thanks for the good feedback !

@Mhelene: Thanks very much.

@john4jack: Thanks, Jack.

@k@: I like your observation about the empty tents seeming like his thoughts, and that you feel emotion from the image because that was my initial pull when walking past this scene. Many thanks, K.

@Nigel: Thanks !

@omid: Thanks, omid.

@Basile Pesso: Ha ! I aspire to "much more" every time I make the shutter say "click" !

@Baldwin VW: Nice of you : thanks !

@Anna.C: Very kind of you, thanks ! Of course I am *pleasantly* surprised every time it happens, and always fascinated by the endless parameters of subjectivity. It must be quite a challenge to go through hundreds of daily photos with selection criteria in mind. This probably had an emotional impact where the fisherman didn't, but either way it's good to get peer recognition. I see some fantastic images being chosen lately, and it remains truly humbling and enjoyable to contribute my "two cents" !

@john4jack: Thanks, Jack.

@Florence: Thanks, dear Florence.

@Khashayar: Thank you !

@Mireille T.: Thank you very much for the nice words, Mireille. I have been thus awarded a few times now and it is always a pleasant happenstance because of the many fine photographers and works posted here every day. Truly I am not motivated by such things as this, but the ongoing interaction and inspiration. I also realize just how subjective the viewing of images can be. Cheers !

@Gérard Beullac: That is a very fine comment and I appreciate it, thank you! I would love to know how many people who have been Spotlighted thought the image chosen was deserving or as good as another that they perhaps liked much more. It is all a fascinating part of our subjectivity and the way things impact so differently upon others, which I am always keenly interested in. I remain grateful and humble to participate, and that is a great bottom line.

@Stephen: Thanks a lot, Stephen. I'm doing a lot more handheld night photography lately and it is a lot of fun. Also, as you know, the streets come alive with different types of tales after dark.

@Mhelene: Thank you !

@Curly: Thanks, Curly :)

@Francisco Romero: Very kind of you : my thanks !

@franz: Thanks very much, franz. Sometimes the awarding of such falls from the sky and all you can do is smile and say "thank you!"

@Kristiina: Very nice of you , thanks !

@Jason Politte: Thanks a lot, Jason !