Be More Optimistic?
by GeneralE

Comment by aliqui:
I'll give you credit for a good idea, but obviously there's not really a photo to rate here.

Pigeons_IMG_7637-DPC
by GeneralE

Comment by Art Roflmao:
Sweeeet!

Pigeons_IMG_7637-DPC
by GeneralE

Comment by tanguera:
Beautiful greyS!!

Be More Optimistic?
by GeneralE

Comment by posthumous:
7 for implying that optimism is vacuous.

Be More Optimistic?
by GeneralE

Comment by bvy:
Irving Berlin would be proud.

A Somber Landscape
by GeneralE

Comment by mariuca:
They do look cheerful as if peace was made forever at the clearing of the somber forest.

San Francisco Mint
by GeneralE

Comment by jmritz:
That's quite a reach. Like the soft result.

Be More Optimistic?
by GeneralE

Comment by jmritz:
Keep looking up! Until you get a crimp in your neck.

San Francisco Mint
by GeneralE

Comment by MelonMusketeer:
I am always fascinated by the different effects that various lens combinations can create in images.
This is a good scene for the effect your setup yielded. It's interesting that there is not more chromatic aberration around the columns in the central building. This looks similar to the effect that the 100 year old B&Lomb lens gives with the front element removed.

Be More Optimistic?
by GeneralE

Comment by dali_lama_2k:
Thank god for avanced editing! else i don't think you could've pulled this together! Seriously, though, this is one of those that I can't judge on first take. I gotta come back like two or three times, asceticism does not take immediate root with me . . .and the question mark is throwing me off :)

After another look, I realized that this definitely has merit because it got me wanting to come back and to think about it, but I can't help but wonder if that is due to the context of the challenge not specifically being met by this entry which is unquestionably unique compared to the other submissions. So yes it has transient quality properties, but I doubt that I would be all that thoughtful about it if it were on its own. Good job, though, bc sometimes success is all about being different than contemporaries even at the sacrifice of actual content.