===== From greentho@bellsouth.net: The wood is very nice. The ball falls a little short. Doesn't look like leather or laces ===== From s.day@uel.ac.uk: Nice textures and great quality render. ===== From i-mcnamara@cornellcollege.edu: You've got a great image here. The lighting is almost perfect, and that reflection of the HDRI sphere really steals the scene. Oddly enough, the one aspect that needs work is the texture on the baseball... try to get it more leathery and less bumpy; right now it looks almost painted. ===== From ingo@freio.de: Nice image. A little bit less minimalism (making the ball more complex by adding a realistic seam) would have made it perfect. ===== From ryanbennitt@lycos.co.uk: To even stand a chance of rating 90+ images, I had to separate the images out into three separate categories, "Minimalist art", "Scenes depicting minimalism" and "Minimalism in the real world". This came second in the Minimalism in the real world category, well done! ===== From bmh@arkady.demon.co.uk: I liked the detail on this (the slightly uneven stitching etc.) and the wooden (painted/worn) is great. ===== From file: great render Notable for composition, textures, lighting