===== From tek@evilsuperbrain.com: One of the best "smashing" effects in this round. Very nice :) ===== From rgow@lanset.com: Good looking ball & pins. The shards look a little too rectangular though, not like they came from a pin. ===== From fcueto@yahoo.com: Excellent! I liked it a lot. ===== From maarten_hofman@hotmail.com: There seems to be a bit of contrast missing, which might be normal on a photograph in such a dark location, but which could've been avoided on a raytrace. It does add a certain form of realism, though. I like this picture. ===== From the_dark_allies@hotmail.com: Another good interpretation of the theme. Perhaps some motion blur would help. Also, the particle debris could do with some break-up themselves. Most of them look like just small planes currently. ===== From jonathan@scudder.no: Very nice image. I wonder how hard it is to knock over pins with a rounded base ;-) Nice original idea... ===== From bsieker@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de: Very nice image. But what on earth took so long to render? ===== From bpjackson@woh.rr.com: That must have been some throw. A unique concept, hence the score. ===== From david.madore@ens.fr: A vividly "striking" image. The boring black background is a shame, though. ===== From clem@dhol.org: Popeye had better leave the spinach home when he goes bowling. Nice kinetic feel, but the smoke is unneeded and distracting. ===== From p_chan@shaw.ca: Excellent work creating the debris from the bowling pins, although the bits of wood flying around are too rectanglar. ===== From batronyx@alliancecable.net: Well, that bowling alley won't be in business long. Nice lighting. ===== From jfempire@yahoo.co.uk: Cool one ===== From slone@hiwaay.net: A great image. The smoke/fog washes it out and the shape of the pins isn_t quite right but everything else is wonderful. All that_s missing is a guy reflected in the ball jumping up in victory! ===== From r@jerkweed.kiva.net: The fragments of the pins may be a little too rectangular. I think you should have just kept the pin in tact and just showed a normal strike. ===== From r@cntr37979s.dmps.k12.ia.us: I really like this image! Great idea. The shards seem a little unrealistic, though. Notable for originality, modelling, composition ===== From r@cntr37979s.dmps.k12.ia.us: I really like this image! Great idea. The shards seem a little unrealistic, though. Notable for originality, modelling, composition