Another refinement, several actually. Generally I like to put things into a context, and being a color guy I liked the yellow unbrella for both context and color...but the image isn't about him in his context, it is about him serving us...and therefore a tighter crop brings him better into being the central theme of the image.

I thought about equaling the Gaussian Blur on his hands and arms, but they being distinct and sharp and helpful are why we value him, while he, his personality, his being, what is essential to him...well that, that fades for us into bland insignificance. That's the point of the image...so there was no reason to to fade his hands or arms, the contrast between these two elements emphasizes the essential truth of the picture.

Lastly, iso made a comment in the discussion thread that pretty much applies to me and has me thinking where he says:

"Far too often I see a theme rammed down my throat with the picture title or narrative that acompanies a pic. I like to see pics that tell a story on their own or let the viewer make their own mind up about the image with influence."

Point noted...but as a word person, I am not sure that this will become part of my canon, but I do understand what he is saying. Still, even before his comment, at another site, I got a sense that people were seeing this as a race issue, and maybe because of my following phrase, "....is more fierce than any border." The word border tended to tilt this toward a racial question, which wasn't my intent at all....this is strictly, "Class Boundaries," and so that phrase had to go.

I think I am done with this now. Yes, it's a little obvious, a little in your face, (I hope), but how else to get people's attention for people we automatically ignore?

Best Wishes, Traveller