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From rgow@lanset.com:
Great job! Excellent modeling & the camera angle gives a very convincing
photograph feel. Maybe a little to clean, but certainly not a flaw.



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From raytracing@grayproductions.net:
You put a lot of effort into this piece and it shows.
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From tek@evilsuperbrain.com:
Superb concept, one of the best ideas this round. The modelling is good, and the
textures are nice. I particularly like the period details like the shop signs
and the billboards.

Despite all this it doesn't look like a photograph, and I think that's because
your lighting isn't high enough contrast. If you look at black and white photos
from the 30's you see a lot of pure black and white and only a few greys, but
this image has much softer tones.

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From xilo_m@hotpop.com:
You're on the right track to make beautiful images, but unfortunately you don't
seem to have an artistic sense...  An artistic image would have movement, would
tell a story, have a past and a future...  and all this in a still image... 
When looking at your picture, I see a very nice render of a blue-print!  Try
working on the concept of you future IRTC submissions!

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From marlo.steed@uleth.ca:
Concept is good.  The technical merit is high but you didn't do as well on
artist merit because the image looked too 2D for me.  I think it is the
lighting that is the problem it sort of washes out the scene and pushes
everything against the screen. 
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From hildurka@simnet.is:
Great work on the buildings. I always find it difficult to get reasonable
results when trying to render B/W in Pov. It almost always looks cartoon-like,
I don_t know the trick to get more realistic textures/shadows/lighting that
way. Good try though. The overall composition is good, but I think I would have
liked it better in full color. Even though this is historical scene, the real
world was in full color back then, only the camera prints were still B/W.

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From chris_hormann@gmx.de:
Interesting concept.  The lighting could be improved, the foreground wall 
looks somewhat flat.  The stripes in the sky are probably intentional but
i 
think the scene would look better without them.

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From p_chan@shaw.ca:
Excellent work!  The level of detail in the scene is 
amazing.  I think the old photo feel of the image works 
very well.

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From intertek@one.net:

That's a wonderful concept! It's nice that you made it black and white =
added film grain and vignetting. I don't think most people go so far in =
thinking about the "finish" of their renderings. It is especially =
helpful here since you are working on a historic image. I disagree with =
your comment about keeping the windows dark to avoid drawing attention =
away from the building. I think you had a fine opportunity to have an =
interior\exterior view. Image if there was one window (Edward Hopper =
style) that was close enough and open enough to see a man reading a news =
paper. It would draw your attention but you would be reminded of the =
people of the day, their environment, and their plight. Hitchcock. Look =
at how Hitchcock mixes backgrounds, people, and foreground elements to =
tell his stories. By the way I'm very impressed at the level of detail =
in your image. I had to go back and look a couple of times to find the =
things you mentioned in your description.


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From slone@hiwaay.net:
Wonderful concept and image. Well done!