Reflective respite in the pagoda

On this New Year's Eve, I decided to post three versions of my favorite shot from the Dec. 29 shoot in Garfield Park, the morning after that rare sticks-to-branches snowfall.

Leading off the post is the color original of the park's landmark pagoda, where a man was seated near the spiral staircase, his dog resting on the concrete floor just below the stairs. The man appeared to gazing out at the few flakes still tumbling to the ground from the morning snow.

Below are two versions of a cropping, the original color and a monochrome conversion.

I'll be back with more after the New Year. Have a good, happy ... and safe one, everyone!

Here's to 2013!