Pigeon!!

[amitgphotofan]

Hi,
Request for a critique for the following picture. It's a pigeon's pic and I have applied an oil filter using GIMP.




Properties
Camera: Sony DSC-W1
Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/5.2
Focal Length: 23.7 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off

File Size: 1716 kB
File Type: JPEG
MIME Type: image/jpeg
Image Width: 1920
Image Height: 1941
Encoding Process: Baseline DCT, Huffman coding
Bits Per Sample: 8
Color Components: 3
X-Resolution: 72 dpi
Y-Resolution: 72 dpi
Orientation: Horizontal (normal)
Date and Time (Modified): 2009:06:10 00:52:09
YCbCr Positioning: Co-sited
Exposure Program: Manual
Date and Time (Original): 2009:05:30 08:51:30
Date and Time (Digitized): 2009:05:30 08:51:30
Compressed Bits Per Pixel: 8
Max Aperture Value: 2.8
Metering Mode: Multi-segment
Light Source: Unknown
Color Space: sRGB
Custom Rendered: Normal
Exposure Mode: Manual
White Balance: Auto
Scene Capture Type: Standard
Contrast: High
Saturation: High
Sharpness: Hard
Compression: JPEG (old-style)
Make: SONY
Model: DSC-W1
Orientation: Horizontal (normal)

[Trader]

For me, it is not longer a photo after you applied a filter that takes away any detail to critique.

[sanbaldo]

if the original photo was ugly you cannot hope to make it interesting with some kind of strange filter.