Nice Image, First I thought "your friend" was a monk :) sitting at a temple or something like that.
I like this kind of photo manipulations, only think I would do is cropping the image a bit more on the left so that that piece of the bench is not visible in the frame.
great work :)

b&w works great here and your friend blurred is good too, you managed to capture a very nostalgic sort of feeling here, i like it a lot

You have created a very surreal effect with the ghostly black n white. Well done.

I agree with Sengir. You'll have to tell your friend he was mistaken for a ghost or a holy man, it's the reality around him that makes him stand out. Good surrealist photo

Very cool! I like the effects you used....the black and white looks very cool next to the colors in the surroundings. I also like how he's blurry....does seem a little ghostly! Very original image, I like it!
-Laurel