Excellent Image
A very nice interpretation of the theme.

Yes, I also feel, that this fits perfect to the theme. I also feel, while looking at this photo, that this guy has more shadow in his life than light. I hope thats only the mood of the image. Very nicely done.

Perfect position of the man, it seems as he wants to walk throught the water on the shadow of the bridge.

Very well done! Compliments!

Whoa! amazing garden!

The colors are incredible. My eye is drawn to the green area on the right. It appears to unbalance the picture. I really like your composition and colors. Good!!!

The first thing I thought was: I do not want that job. But I am sure, thats not what you were asking for. The details are great and I also like, how you captured your subject very well and in a great angle. You should only might have choosen a perspective correction for that shot, but still, it is a very good handwork.

Very interesting shot. Good grayscale and the perspective is original. Thanks for sharing!

amazing!!!

I agree with others regarding the beautiful bottom part of your pic.

Regarding the top cloudy part, sorry by advance if I am wrong, but I have some doubts.
First of all, the misty atmosphere of the bottom part, IMHO, would not have been captured this way with such a sky and light.
Second, there is a white thin line running all along the leaves of the trees, which makes me think about a postprocessing selection.

Clearly, I think there is a too heavy postprocessing of the original sky, and it's a shame, because the bottom part of the pic needs nothing more to be attractive.

Spooky one. I like how you set up the composition but have found it a tad more interesting if the person had been left of the center, facing to the right, moving, or facing towards the camera, standing still.
I also agree with MMeye that the clouds look a bit too "painted" (to not say "overdone").

The bottom part is really great, excellent, and so is the top part, but unfortunately they don't match with one another.
That white thin line running all along the leaves of the trees is quite disturbing.

I would shoot a sky that is black at the bottom, put that one behind the foreground and simply blind out the foreground where the trees are. The trees won't be noticeable as such anymore, but it'll be a nice changeover.

Thank you very much for all comments.
Thanks to cezar,aloaha_photo and optic_optons who made my photo a favorite.
Also Thanks to Pixim,MNeye,sunside and Bastian for the very good critiques.

Udower

I have to agree with most people above. In the thumbnail I was captured by what I saw, but felt manipulated once I opened it.

The white rim around the trees gives it away.

Singularly the top and bottom of the picture could stand alone. The mist at the fence is beautiful, and I do wonder what the subject is looking at, or who is he waiting for?

Awesome.
Great work.
Now I am wondering where they are headed!

Nice range of tones in this image. I also like the luminosity.

I really like this photo. Very nice. I like the b/w

Now is much more mysterious.

Very nice. Sometimes we just don't see the shot in something like this. Great capature.