> The bucket in the photo "Neglect" is not nearly new... the photo is a shot of how this area has been left for nearly 7 years. There's nothing new about it. Lori Chris's comment stands. Whether the bucket is or is not new is an irrelavence in the great scheme of things. The *fact* is that newness was what it evoked in the reviewer's mind. If your shot was "of how this area has been left for nearly 7 years" then in that sense you learn that you failed - for that one person at least - to convey your intended message. How old does the bucket look to me (not that I reaaly care;o)? Well, it could be as little as a couple of months round here: the green algal covering can develop quite quickly ... At least Chris could "get" your image ;o) Bob