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From jerry@hoboes.com:
The water has a very nice painted look to it; I think your modifications were a
very good choice; have you seen "What Dreams May Come"? Very nice plants; it
looks like there's something tentacled in the upper left?
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From Sean_Hamilton@amrcorp.com:
'Nature' and 'Water' are so close that I expected some crossover pictures.
I like the 'bold' approach but the water does look somewhat metallic.  Perhaps
a little more tranparancy so we can see the rocks underneath.

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From jasondinger@hotmail.com:
 *good* dirt texture is realistic
 *bad*  water looks like sludge. kind of soupy.

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From vogelap@email.uc.edu:
Beautiful, vibrant coloring. I like it... It's almost like a memory.

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From bsieker@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de:
Quite a nice setting oberall, but looks like lit from a floodlight and an
underwater light source. Somehow gives the impression of an aquarium and not at
all of a natural creek.
The water, simple though it may have been is not quite convincing.
What you call "dirt" or "mud" looks more like rock, because it falls away very
steep just under waterline. Were it mud, it would have been wahed away long
since. A shape like this is only possible with solid rock.

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From johnson@pharmacy.arizona.edu:
Water is too blue, too bright, like a swimming pool.

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From jaime@ctav.es:
Hmmm... banks are very interesting, with a nice vegetation, but the water has
a strange color, IMHO. Compisiton is alsoo good.

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From Varyk@aol.com:
Great mud! Great plants!  The swimming-pool-blue color of the stream detr=
acts somewhat, even allowing for reflection of a blue sky.

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From djohnston@iname.com:
The water has an oil painting feel to it. Was this intended. Well, either
way, I like it. It make the image stand out and grabs the voters attention.

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From gmccarter@hotmail.com:
Many of the plant leaves are excellent, but the water looks more like a surreal
painting than an accurate portrayal.  It seems to glow from within.  The shiny
mud texture is subtle and well done.
Good image overall.



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From ethelm@bigfoot.com:
This image is like a painting done in pastels. Very nice.

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From chipr@niestu.com:
Water is a bit too blue.  Plants are excellent.


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From r@206-72-253.ipt.aol.com:
Nice image.. The plants and water are quite unnaturally colored, though.
Notable for modelling, composition


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From r@tk156239.telekabel.at:
Notable for modelling, composition


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From r@tk156239.telekabel.at:
Very good image! The bump map (or height filed?) on the water could be better,
but all in all a very good image.