===== From chris@bluelectrode.com: Beautiful image. My only complaint would be that the red flowers are too distracting and weight the image to the right. Had those flowers been dispersed the image would have been damn near perfect. Also, the wood texture on the furniture needs some variation applied to each plank of wood to break the conformity. Good job. ===== From clintona@ibm.net: This image is incredible, outstanding in every respect. But this is not the first time I've seen it. Its been in the e-on gallery (www.e-onsoftware.com) far longer than the start date of this round. I had to remove some originality marks for this. ===== From trioker@wanadoo.fr: A stunning realism, indeed. I can hardly found something wrong about the picture: maybe the flowers at the right are a little too red, or the wood texture of the table could have some turbulence... but the whole job is incredibly made. Sinceers congratulations. ===== From YaelParis@operamail.com: Vue d'esprit seems to be really good in generating vegetation. you did a very nice composition but I'm not sure about the skills required to do such a picture ;-) ===== From whhale@nvl.army.mil: Not bad for a bunch of stock items ===== From tom@tomandlu.force9.co.uk: I like the painted feel to this. The bench and still life could do with work on textures. ===== From ameede@madmac.com: There is an inviting intimacy to your image, I wish I had a garden like that. The only criticism I have is that the foilage in the deep background is blending in with the trees in the midground area. It is almost flattening out the left side of your artwork. The colors of the flowers and their placement in the foreground are excellent to help bracket my view towards the table, objects on the table, and the arbour. "Gbgarden" is something I could see hanging on one of my walls. ameede@madmac.com ===== From CHRIS_DARCY@YAHOO.COM: trees very gray. ===== From Alain.Culos@bigfoot.com: Nice garden, a cosy place. I like the open and closed fuchsia flowers, very recognisable. ===== From albiaprime@aol.com: Technical - very, very good (apart from too wide wood grain on table and benches) near full marks! Artistic - red flowers on right abit too bright, suggest more subdued to fit rest of picture Theme - yes, definitely a garden, well done! ===== From mar@physics.usyd.edu.au: Noted as disqualified.