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From scooby@pld.com:
The fire media is very well done.  The foreground heightfield textures need the
same amount of attention.

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From Sean_Hamilton@amrcorp.com:
Kudos on the most realistic volcano I've seen, but you're right, the image
suffered
from jpg conversion.

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From skywise@fix.net:
Excellent image... I suspect this will be one of the six 'winners'

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From bobfranke@halcyon.com:
The crater and flame came out great.  I would rather see a single river of lava
instead many tiny streams that I find distracting.

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From gmccarter@hotmail.com:
Good lighting.

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From ethelm@bigfoot.com:
Very effective use of simple elements.

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From djconnel@flash.net:
This is potentially a very effective scene!   The use of halos is quite
good.  However, the lava floa needs some work, I think... it doesn't
appear "cracked" enough to me -- there is too much order in the pattern.
Also, the global illumination is really too dark.

Still, it is a nice piece of work, and with a little more attention could
be quite stunning!

Note: You will get less JPEG artifact if you use a higher quality setting.
You were well below the file size limit, so could afford to use less
compression.

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From 101741.541@compuserve.com:
Graphically very good.  I especially like the big halo in the back, and the
lava texture in the front (the way these orange lines wanders on the black
surface).


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From r@cust193.webbernet.net:
Dramatic and surreal and very nicely done.  With that much flame, there should
be some spitting lava.  The sky is dramatic, but it looks just a little too
painted.  The magma texture has a lot of promise.  This comment by
clem@dhol.com.