===== From MMandl@aol.com: It is beautiful object. However, it needs to be set as a scene. So I gave low artistic merit and higher tech merit. ===== From lg@pixar.com: Not very original -- I've already seen three almost exactly like this ===== From agage@mines.edu: Four images of nearly the same thing gets a bit dull. ===== From jjanger@mail.cspp.edu: 3 Submissions too many. ===== From kahler@informatik.tu-muenchen.de: One shell image would have been enough.. ===== From jaime@ctav.es: Too many shells! ===== From bill.marrs@pureatria.com: This is my least favorite of the 4. ===== From appel@informatik.tu-muenchen.de: shell01 ... 01a ... 02 ... 02a ... ?!? Do you believe in Overkill? ===== From ingo@ibm.net: Hello! Please think about entering only _one_ picture next time. I've seen your four entries, they're quite similar, but really not bad - so it's your choice to select the best not the jury's one. Bye, Ingo ===== From cfusner@enter.net: Re: Shell*.jpg All 4 of these images are interesting, but it would have been nice to see just one (the one the artist considers his best), and then perhaps a note about visiting his website to see the rest. While I consider them all quite visually interesting, I had to give progressively lower marks for originality in each case. ===== From alex@astro.queensu.ca: 4 virtually identical renderings gets tiresome ===== From web_user@sf-pm1-28-28.dialup.slip.net: Notable for lighting