Thank you for your followup messages everyone. They mean a lot to me in terms of discernment and understanding. Using those messages as a means to understand previous comments is enlightening.(posted 8819 days ago)Also, thank you for every single one of the images you have provided as a way to look at what people think are really good examples of good black and white available light photography. I have been studying these and seek to replicate the results using much better equipment for the job (i.e. my eos300 and tmax400cn) John, your comment about, "I would not have taken the time to find the image if I did not think it applied" really made me think about what a heel I was about that part of your post.
I think in some ways, I have to apologize for not being as open-minded as one should be when posting an image for critique.
At once I feel stronger and wiser for having been subjected to the honesty of peoples' comments. It wasn't until the later posts that I could understand peoples' motives.
Once again, I appreciate all the feedback that you have given me, positive and negative about the photograph.