thanks so much Elliot!

thanks for that nice comment!

thanks Ray, no, not a vacation spot for us, we were up visiting my SIL for the first time after she and her husband bought a place in nearby Castine. Would gladly go back to see it again, but without the visit to my PIA SIL, if you get my drift! haha

thanks kindly!

most appreciated Bill, thank you!

thanks very much Frank!

thank you Rob! I agree, this original sky has enough color, mood, and detail in it to leave it alone. If it were a white sky I surely would have considered the swap.

thank you LS for the thumbs!

Thanks, and if you like lobster you'll find plenty of it here!

it is, a nice town, thanks!

The harbor
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52837701741_feb252e199_5k.jpgAt Rest by Vince Montalbano (autofocus), on Flickr

I think mood, which can be defined as good, light, airy, happy, hopeful, or dark, dreary, dreaded, gray, overcast, etc will most often hinge on the subject matter of the photo, and not necessarily by the edit of the photo. I think it would be hard to take a photo of a small child happily playing with a puppy and give it a somber feel to it with a b/w conversion and a dark vignette. However, that shot might benefit with a slight white vignette for more of a happy and uplifting and joyous mood. Most of your shots above are of a church, and it's details, and I think churches represent hope, and again, maybe a light vignette as opposed to dark would work better for that subject. I commend you on wanting to make art with your photos, and that's always a good thing. When I shoot, I always think about "how will most others shoot this (subject) and what do I need to do to make it different?" So, you can "take a picture," or try to create art, the choice is always yours! BTW, I really like your last photo, beautifully composed with shallow DOF...you made art!

a very nicely done series of shots! I like your low level shooting position on some of them too!

Well, I'd still question your 98% figure because you are talking to the very people who are in "the climate study" business, and probably the same people who are being funded by private and grant money. And they often do have big budgets to make big purchases, like what you are selling. And, as I noted above, I'd have to belief it's in their best interest to keep the funding coming. Usually, millions of dollars are on the line, so I'll always question when that much money is involved how much it motivates them to keep it coming. But, I'll be the first to admit, I don't think 98% of the scientists believe this, but I'd only be guessing as to what that number is.
At least we can, however, agree that the lithium powered EV is not the right solution. I think if it were really thought out there could be better options, and that they've jumped into the current one too hastily without truly looking at the downside. Unfortunately, that may be too typical when it comes to our decision makers!

yes Linda, delightful chatting with you! You have such a sweet, passive aggressive and quite condescending way about you, but I'm sure you already know that. You, also, take care!