===== From skipt1@aol.com: Once again, a little on the simple side, but good lighting and colors. The concepts behind the other images were better, however. ===== From rgow@lanset.com: Sky & water and green algae in water look good. More variety in building texture needed, such as make the column texture vertical. ===== From i-mcnamara@cornellcollege.edu: Great sky, some reasonable textures, and some nice CSG. A little more detail would be nice, maybe some broken buildings or waves. I like that bit of sand in the background with its smooth waves; it seems quite natural. ===== From ericf@foothill.net: The treatment of the topic concept here doesn't work for me. Yes, oceans have been described as deserts, but somehow it doesn't seem to translate here. ===== From raytracing@grayproductions.net: The leaves floating in the water detract from the "desert" feel just a little. ===== From darwallace@earthlink.net: Deserts flood sometimes, but not like this. ===== From file: great light Notable for lighting, modelling