Wish i lived on the second floor in the blue one with the tent in front of it :))

Hello Brian, this is a wonderful photo - reminds me of Black Sabbath and Ozzy :) i know it's got nothing to do with the original mood you created but this link is somewhere in my head, probably cuse both are of British origin... I lived in Brighton in 2002 for several months and thoroughly enjoyed my time there! Hoppe to come back for more :)

Thank you for commenting on my boat, yes it is a bit over done probably but it was meant to - i loved the acid colours. what you said about believing in yourself is absolutely in tunes with my own views - and i do not care much what people say about what i do, cause what i do is not done for someone's or approval but because i can and need to do it...

Alexei

This is one of the best photos you uploaded here, Derek. When i was in UK it amazed me that you have sawns here and there, and it is a norm, like seeing sparrows everywhere. But in Russia you would hardly find a sawn in a regular landscape, they are very rare and endangered here.

Hello Derek, thanks for commenting on my photo.. being a fan of Greece i could not skip you Greece photos! love this composition very much!

Hello Jacline, I love your train shots, they always make me feel sentimental somehow )

by the way - thanks for the workshop of my cat photo! the only thing that i disagree with is that it is he, not she :)

Yes the colors are very nice! looks more like a painting or a pic to paint from! But why is it architecture? it is more like a landscape i guess ))

As i keep saying - while composition and all the technical stuff matters to a degree, still the story telling is the most powerful bit that catches the eye - look at this tired man wearing rubber boots on a hot sunny day... this picture makes a million words! thanks for sharing!

I absolutely love this grey-blue-yellow-brown palette - it is my favorite, the light is playing with the buildings making the concrete look illusive soft and emotional. Very very moody!
Just the other day i read about the 10 most miserable big towns of the US and NY is #4 on the list :

"the costs can make all but the super-wealthy miserable. Housing costs are through the roof, and income tax rates are 10.5%, more than twice the U.S. average. Commuting times are also the worst, at an average of 36 minutes each way"

quoted from: http://www.forbes.com/2008/01/29/detroit-stockton-flint-biz-cz_kb_0130miserable_slide_5.html?thisSpeed=15000

LOve the colors!! are they original? i think a vertical shot would make it more cold even with a palette like that, this way it is more welcoming to me.

Pretty scary stryped eye )