The Hope of a Nation
by rayg544

Comment:
Without the title, I don't get "Hope" out of this. At least not in the first ten words that flash through my mind: "Stars", "Stripes", "Red", "White", "Blue", "USA", "Freedom", "Pride", "Honor", "Francis Scott Key", "Ameica the Beautiful" ... see?

life, death and the hope for living
by redpanda

Comment:
I don't get it. Even with the title. I know there is something in there you are trying to tell me; it just isn't coming through. Life (Ok, there are plants and trees), death (I don't see that here), and hope for the living (Where do you derive that from this image?). Maybe there is something about that odd shape in the water (like a piece of discarded metal) that I'm not seeing. What is it?

My Last Hope
by risu81

Comment:
Boy, am I dumb. I'm going past this image now for about the sixth or seventh time at a minimum when I just finally noticed the writing on the discarded packs, "Hope, lights". Now the title makes sense. Ok, I'll raise it from a 3 to a 5. My problem with this whole challenge has been finding that elusive, positive feeling of "Hope" in the images. At least, I've been interpreting "Hope" as being on the positive side of the scale. I know you can have negative hope, and cigarettes connotate a negative for me. Pretty nice focus and color though. And a cute idea.

wishful thinking
by kiwinick

Comment:
Cute photograph of a pet. I have trouble translating it to "hope" though, even with the title. Really, no hoping about it - the dog already HAS the bone.

The Graduate
by basia03

Comment:
I can't look at this image and come up with "hope" - or even "the graduate". It needs the title to make the leap to the theme.

I Said, NO!
by GolferDDS

Comment:
Cute. Nicely focused. Just doesn't say "hope" to me.

The Egyptian Pyramid
by hossam

Comment:
Nice pyramid. I just don't see "hope" without using the title. By the way, what is that on top of the pyramid - a warning light for night time flyers?

Beginning to See the Light
by I Enjoy Ham

Comment:
Nice image of clouds. I just don't see "hope" without using the title.

Breathing life
by sanandan

Comment:
Nice image. Perplexes me as to how taken. Underwater in a fish tank? Upside down with droplets of water hanging? It is kinda neat, but "Hope"?

Light at the End of . . .
by Kylie

Comment:
... the tunnel? Nice repitition of contrast and colors. I like it.