===== From darwallace@earthlink.net: Heightfield needs more detail... and size. A high-turbulence grayscale texture on a plane surface for use as an image_map heightfield is the traditional way to go. I have a parametric surface macro and MegaPOV's vturbulence function to work with ;} ===== From pbourke@swin.edu.au: Like the sky, like the sea, hate the submarine. ===== From panthus@xtra.co.nz: Stylishly iconographic - looks like a company logo, simple but striking. ===== From dvnss@mega.ist.utl.pt: The water is really interesting! ===== From marlo.steed@uleth.ca: Nice image. Simple, yet realistic, yet artistic. ===== From tony@j4tb.com: Your sub looks good for not using any modellers. The water seems a little calm and I don't know how much haze you would have in the arctic. I absolutly love your sky. ===== From gregj56590@aol.com: Cool iceberg, cool water that is actually transparent! ===== From whhale@nvl.army.mil: A little more detail on the sub is needed. ===== From bbowen@cswnet.com: Very strange texturing effect around the icy shoreline. The ice seems to glow. ===== From alun.thomas@convergys.com: I'm not sure if its the ambient light level, or something to do with the fog, but somehow this looks a little flat ? Still, the sky looks quite good. ===== From Alain.Culos@bigfoot.com: Snow is bright white, not gray like that. The sub could do with a better texture (some reflection/specular highlights ?) ===== From StephenF@whoever.com: Not a bad piece of work. The shaping on the submarine is simplistic but effective, and the sky looks good. Detailed textures would definitely help this scene a lot, I think. ===== From sjlen@ndirect.co.uk: An interesting looking image. It could do with something to add a bit of interest. ===== From went@netcourrier.com: This is a simple but how nice image. ===== From delfeld@mailcity.com: I don't think the Gimp is a ray-tracer, which is why I gave a low technical score - no post-processing. I'm not sure why the sea made you think of subs immediately. . . just because it is in water doesn't mean it is automatically related to water. And, finally, visually there is a lot of dead space. . . try to have every element add to the composition of the final image. ===== From file: Loved the sky, loved the water, hated the submarine.