===== From gregj56590@aol.com: The eyes are beautifully wide. ===== From gmccarter@hotmail.com: Nice pic, but too bad you didn't make the head. Good details like the lights inside the helmet. ===== From MMandl@aol.com: Mabe you used too much focal blurr. ===== From djconnel@flash.net: I like it! There's no spectacular breakthroughs, but it is a very solid image. You make good use of texture, which really brings the most out of the simple models. BTW, my favorite choice for nationality would have been the Republic of Anaerobia ( http://www.anaerobia.com/ ).... ===== From east103@dialaccess.com: Nice composition of the face and helmit. The suit could use some more detail. ===== From ethelm@bigfoot.com: Politically correct. Well done but a bit ambiguous. The out of focus mesas are ok but do look a bit like shipping containers covered with tarps and the landscape reflection on the helmet tends to get mixed with the face. Good work but could have been improved. ===== From blaineholmes@hotmail.com: Nice scene. I like the refections in the helmet. Nice background also. ===== From jaime@ctav.es: Nice pic, Simon. It remains on my HD, no doubt. I like the close-up, bcos it transmit all you mention in the txt. Also, the China choice is nice. I liked the leds on the helmet interior and the melancholic face (perhaps not intended, but very appropiated). The BUT is the ground color, expected to be more brown for Mars (IMHO). ===== From r@haka.saunalahti.fi: The face is nice, the angular features work well in this image. The helmet looks a bit too smooth, it might be more realistic with some scratches or even dents. The mesas don't really look very natural.