===== From tek@evilsuperbrain.com: This has a nice atmospheric feel to it. It has a look unlike any other pictures in the competition, which is an acheivement in itself. It does look a lot like a watercolour painting. I'd suggest using more detailed objects in future, because I can't work out what those things in the foreground are meant to be. Also the arrangement of snow particles gets a little too regular in places which looks a bit odd. ===== From the_dark_allies@hotmail.com: Well it looks kind of water colored as you tried. I am not sure what the dark ring looking things are on the snow. Also it took me a while to figure out the snow flakes were snow flakes. I had thought you were trying to use a lot of sun-flares. Some more work on these and you may just be on to something here. ===== From rjhansen@myrealbox.com: Very good watercolor effect. ===== From pokorny@attglobal.net: "I tried to represent feeling in which it snows in the effect of a watercolor painting which blurred." ==> I think you succeeded! An intriguing way to apply a ray tracer, which I have seen attempted only a few times before. I believe others will follow your lead. ===== From tom@tomandlu.co.uk: It took me a while to make up my mind that I liked this one... ===== From lrwii@joplin.com: I tried to visualize the water color before the bluring, but can't. It is hard to tell what is what in this scene. ===== From file: Notable for originality