THE ONE I FINALLY PRINTED

THIS IS THE VERSION I DECIDED TO PRINT

The print turned out to be 17"x 47". I printed it on matte paper, and it looks pretty darn good to me. You can see that I decided to remove the street lamp and pole (see yesterday's posting). I probably could have done a little bit better job of it, but I doubt that many folks would even know I did it unless they read this blog.  

I made another version where I removed the VA clinic van and building from the right edge of this image. I think it looks too contrived.

VERSION SANS THE BACKGROUND

I am not going to pretend that this is fine art. It is a documentary photograph. Even as such, this photograph likely does not meet the standards for historical imagery. Those are very rigid and exacting government standards, but to be able to make this image makes me happy.