discombobulated
by MinniePott

Comment by GAP2012:
nice thought behind the composition, just not quite fully realised for me..

discombobulated
by MinniePott

Comment by photoMAD:
The kind of look like eyes-- very disorienting. I like it.

discombobulated
by MinniePott

Comment by dtremain:
Interesting perspective, but why am I bothered by the lack of symmetry in the arrangement of the pen tips?

discombobulated
by MinniePott

Comment by GiorgioBaruffi:
good idea, i like it.

Mooooooo
by MinniePott

Comment by Denise:
lovely bokeh, works well as a bg

Mooooooo
by MinniePott

Comment by ciaeagle:
Great background and thanks for the giggle. ;)

Mooooooo
by MinniePott

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
Udderly adorable.

Blue Hawaii
by MinniePott

Comment by MinniePott:
Thank you so much h2 and Tiny, for taking the time to comment.
I think I am really going to like taking part in challenges here. I may sound crazy, (maybe even a little bitter) but I'm totally digging my low scores, and your less than enthusiastic input. The internet is WAY too nice and feel good out there for me as of late. To be honest... I felt the exact same way about this image for this challenge as you all did (other than denoise. It was untouched, unless the way my camera processes RAW to jpg includes denoising. Is that part of the process it goes through?)
I'm really thrilled to see it play out as I thought it would. Thank you ALL so so much for being tough cookies like I hoped you would be.
I would have most certainly left, if I had scored any better than this. I've been quite discouraged lately, and trying to find ways to improve, and push myself and pulling my hair thinking "Why?! I'm the only one that will see it.". From here on out I will be giving a lot more of myself to the entries, and feel more compelled and driven to do so.

Blue Hawaii
by MinniePott

Comment by h2:
What Tiny said, plus it's rather green (or turquoise at the most) than blue. Also wonder about your settings; looks like you shot in dark night - anyway, high ISO and denoising afterwards plus large aperture make for a really (too) soft image.

Blue Hawaii
by MinniePott

Comment by Tiny:
Well possibly not the start you were hoping for but no doubt the only way is up !
It a nice image but I feel a little too abstract for folks in this challenge. All the best in the future.