===== From charliemc@prodigy.net: Like ur textures. ===== From raybonsal@peoplepc.com: Contrast might be the in-focus vs the blurred, or if the painted hydrant were available, before and after, but it's hard to see the contrast of only one item, where's the modern city? ===== From d@daves-house.net: Really, a very interesting idea, but without prior experience with your art, I can't see the contrast that you've expressed. Neither can I see any part of the "new" area around it to which it is contrasted against. ===== From hgregory3@aol.com: Artistic - Nicely balanced image, good use of grey scaling. Technical - Excellent 3d effect. Lots of hard, good technically demanding work. ===== From steve@neurotrain.com: A 20 T 20 C 13 It is beautifully framed and light - excellent image. I cannot think of a single thing to improve this technically. Concept - I was very torn here, partly because the Concept mark also takes into account originality. I would have given this an 8 because I really so no relation to the topic, but for the work you put in for this fairly original image type. ===== From gmccarter@hotmail.com: Well, I applaud the effort involved in producing the image (I should know -- I made the "cross-eyed" image in a previous competition that you referred to). And the results are indeed spectacular -- 3d-wise. Nevertheless, I must mark you down for rendering two images and pasting them together. ===== From hfventer@ing.sun.ac.za: Nide idea, but oi do my eyes hurt now hehehe. ===== From file: Very nice and detailed modelling, I think that while the focal blur added a lot to this image, due to the way MAX's work, it left a dark blur around the top areas that were in focus, which became a little distracting. Also you might consider adding shininess strength maps to your metal textures, so that they look like they really have the dirt on them. Overall, very nice and the 3D pairs worked very well! ===== From file: nort really an strict contrast, but nice anyhow. But, what is this strange "black" halo surrounding the object. jaime@ctav.es Notable for composition, modelling ===== From file: off-topic IMHO ===== From file: The 3D effect is excellent. Nice idea! Notable for originality ===== From file: Nice idea of stereoscopic imaging. Too bad it doesn't really fit the topic.