thanks guys for the feedback! i wanted to make something soft and dreamy. i found this in a parking lot. it was wasn't something i just looked at and went "Wow", but i wanted to somehow take a picture of it that would make it look that way. everything around me was brown, gray, and boring. Michelle, hard to verbalize what about this bothers me. i think it's pretty, but just not quite there. focus too soft? DOF isn't stunning. hmmmm, what bothers me is that it isn't as "wow" as i wanted it! LOL! we should have a "wow" setting on our cams!!! LOL! exposure time-1/2000 ISO-64 F/3.5 I'm kinda surprised ya'all like this. maybe it's not as bad as i thought? i almost put this one in my trash last night but decided to put it in the forum first. i guess i just have an idea in my mind what i'm trying to create and i didn't succeed. and sometimes it's hard for me to explain. i feel like this is close but not quite there. thanks so much again guys!!!! i'm glad i didn't throw this one away!!!