i love this, Jim! i think all that bright red is perfect...to me it's symbolic of all the spilled blood from the war. You really did an awesome job getting a message across and a wonderful job with this image! Trash? no way, mister!!! :) the only thing that's distracting me a bit are the flowers and that one bright yellow spot above the flowers. i like how you did the fern leaves. i dunno...hard to explain about the flowers but something about them...maybe the lighting/shadows that i don't care for. it's kinda muddy maybe...like i'm not seeing details on flower on the bottom. one other little tiny thing...the area around the bottom of the flowers and on the sides where you've smudged, i might try to blend that a bit more. i think it's an AWESOME image, and i LOVE how you've put this together! looks like you've put soooo much work into it! very creative, thought out and put together! hope to see this one in your gallery!!! :)