===== From skipt1@aol.com: A serene scene with a creepy undertone, I like it. How about some more stars and a gradient for the sky. After that, work on the lighting and textures could improve this scene a great deal. Nice entry. ===== From rgow@lanset.com: Good hand & cactus. Needs some haze to give a sense of distance, as is, the moon & stars look like they are only a few hundred yards away. ===== From i-mcnamara@cornellcollege.edu: A simple idea with good results. I can almost feel the cool of the desert at night; the colors that you used really help with that. The hand is well modeled, and though it would take quite a bit longer to do, I would be quite interested in seeing all of the unfortunate subject. Some area lighting or even radiosity might help to smooth out the sharp shadows, and an image map might help to make a more realistic star filled sky. I love the idea of using photographs for height fields though. This isn't really related to your picture, but have you ever tried using a photo for a height field and then placing that picture (in color) on top of it as an image map? I've wasted some serious time with that, but I had fun while doing so. Anyway, keep entering in the future, and keep up the good work. ===== From raytracing@grayproductions.net: Is that a city in the background or just mountains? Need a little more detail I guess. Still good concept. ===== From darwallace@earthlink.net: I was hoping for a more variable sky. ===== From file: Good but the eadge still to hard Notable for composition ===== From file: Lovely, lovely foreground, but the horizon is a bit sharp. ===== From file: I really like the sand in this! With a little more work on the sky, (and maybe some black fog to make the mountains more distant?) this could be a great image. Notable for textures