Thanks all for the comments. This may not be the winner, but surely wins in terms of the fun we had :-)

Interesting sculpture, I like how you captured the yellow leaves in the middle of the bottom loop, though I do prefer the blue sky original.

Looks like purple rain was about to come down ;-) Nice surreal looking image Ivan.

..it's growing on me. And anyway, a little experimenting is good for the soul, I think.

Yes, photogenix (is that a character from Asterix?) is right. The intent is to give it an otherwordly look. The same photo with a blue sky is just boring. Now I admit this is polarizing, but hey, not everyone has to like it.

The purple sky gives it an otherworldly look.

Well, I like the stone and the side lighting, even the trees in the background, but I have to admit even though purple is my favorite color, I'm not a fan of it in the sky here (or anywhere ;-)). I would say, though, a very creative effort!

But my comments are here forever:-)

go to "my photos" and you can upload a new one over this. The comments will stay in place that way.

You're welcome. I have a new version of the image in which I have eliminated the purple from the grey stone so the grey looks more accurate. Does anyone know if I can replace the pic and still keep the comments? Or do I have to withdraw this pic thus losing all comments, and post the new one?

Quite the inspiration indeed Ivan. You deserve a vote or two thrown your way for the fun factor alone. -Doug

Gosh, I didn't know purple would be such an inspiration to all of you!! Expect to see more purple pics from me in the future. I want to keep the creative juice flowing :-)

Hopefully Ivan doesn't mind us having a bit of fun:-)

Sorry Ivan.

You forgot something on your take Dougy.......don't worry I fixed it.

I will admit that purple fits the theme and that this image is starting to grow on me. I also added my take to your drop box and I also can't figure out how to delete it. If anyone can please do. -Doug

Okay so I tried it too, but it doesn't look the way it did on my monitor and there doesn't appear to be a way to delete it. Sorry. I thought I was adding a little more contrast than even Rod did.
Anyway, I would have to agree that I like the natural look better than the purple - but I love the subject with the background.

Of course this purple wotsit will compare favourably against your bland looking non PP drop box picy but wiv a bit of basic PPing the drop shot picy looks better than this toxic monstrosity a,a,a:-)

Agree about the idea of removing purple tonality in the grey stone. I want to see the result :-). Daniel

Ha, you see, I told you the purple fits the subject so much better. I'll see what I can do to remove the purple tinge from the gey stone. That should not be too much work :-)

I like the grays in the drop box and think I like the purple sky better, especially if you can keep the gray stone from taking on the purple tinge. :-)

Thanks all for the comments. I had changed the color of the sky to purple to coincide with the infinity sign and make the whole thing look a bit mystical and otherworldly. Now weather you like it or not is a matter of taste. I added another version with a deep blue sky in the drop box. Let me know if you like that one better.
And for Rodbam mate: I did not travel from Seattle to Tchernobyl just to take that picy :-). This is a sculpture in a park in Bellevue, just a few miles east from Seattle.

I had a laugh at your clever title. The side lighting here is terrific but like the others, the purple sky is a bit strange. -Doug

You sure you aren't just romanticizing the number 8. What is this place ... I would like to look it up on the web? I like everything except the purple sky ... I am pretty sure it would darken my suntan. :-)

Do you live near Chernobyl mate:-)