Sitting on a Park Bench (ok, so its an airport bench, but...

[Radtech1]

You cant SING "Sitting on a Airport Bench". (If you are under 40, go to http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000GAIW/qid=1077854093/sr=2-3/ref=sr_2_3/104-7364654-5139150 and sample Aqualung for the refernce, but that has nothing to do with the image.)

Asking for comments on the composition in general and prefernce regarding color or monochrome. I already spent hours in PS eleminating my reflection and the reflection of a silver car that was annoyingly driving by.

http://users.adelphia.net/~radtech1/Photos/Trav.jpg


http://users.adelphia.net/~radtech1/Photos/Travm.jpg

[cloudless]

For eliminating the reflections, you could've used a polarizer instead. For the composition, the luggage in front of the subject is quite distracting. And the facial expression of the subject isn't particularly interesting.

[Boojum]

There is way too much dead space to the left of the subject. I would crop it slightly to the left of the vertical beam of the window, and if the original includes the whole suitcase I would definitely include that. I personally don't find the subject's expression uninteresting. But the suitcase is very important here, I think. The woman is in transit. That significance--reflected in her closed-eyed distraction--is hard to interpret without the suitcase. Definitely better in black and white.

[Boojum]

There is way too much dead space to the left of the subject. I would crop it slightly to the left of the vertical beam of the window, and if the original includes the whole suitcase I would definitely include that. I personally don't find the subject's expression uninteresting. But the suitcase is very important here, I think. The woman is in transit. That significance--reflected in her closed-eyed distraction--is hard to interpret without the suitcase. Definitely better in black and white.

[Boojum]

There is way too much dead space to the left of the subject. I would crop it slightly to the left of the vertical beam of the window, and if the original includes the whole suitcase I would definitely include that. I personally don't find the subject's expression uninteresting. But the suitcase is very important here, I think. The woman is in transit. That significance--reflected in her closed-eyed distraction--is hard to interpret without the suitcase. Definitely better in black and white.

[Boojum]

Sorry about the triple post. My browser was hanging when I clicked on "submit" and it registered 3 times ;)

[stopbath]

I like the image in colour.
I find her closed eyes perfectly matching the photo.
She is too close to the border of the photo
We don't need the entire suitcase, the hint is enough but since you would get more suitcase if she was moved from the edge... ok.

The litter should be removed as it is distracting in the image. Can't people use a waste bin when in public?