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From grimmg@hotmail.com:
Your image is very beautiful. You show us that you have not to make a complex
texture to be realistic, your sand is remarkable !!

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From uwezi@geocities.com:
It took me two sights to catch the idea and identify the foil as what it was.
Great idea and great picture...

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From scarmig@ohmss.com:
the foil looks great as does the dirt heightfield.  I think the dirt needs more
color or bumping or clumping, it looks very fine and smooth.  Love the ant!

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From jake@snafu.de:
Really cool idea and funny story.

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From jabeck@bellsouth.net:
That's some really bumpy ground.

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From rbenjam2@tampabay.rr.com:
The heel mark and the terrain toe-ward don't quite work together.  I like the
idea, though and think the glass came out really well.  I think the soil needs
a little more graniness and the grass needs some variation in color.

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From sammy@cube.net:
good concept! (no lighthouse in sight;) Something about the lighting 
doesn't work right though ... Everything looks too flat.
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From Alain.Culos@bigfoot.com:
Very novel interpretation of theme.
Text too verbose. Remember we have lots of pics to judge.

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From gmccarter@hotmail.com:
Nice job.  The grass and ant look good.  The terrain, however, seems rather
rough and lunar-like.  Maybe a smoother landscape along with some rocks/pebbles
would help.

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From clem@dhol.com:
Great grass.  The ground looks good except that it needs 
some color variation and maybe a bit of texture variation.  
Great ant.  The foil isn't bad.  I like the clever double use 
of the topic.  Some less homogenous, dirtier ground with 
some loose bits of dirt and maybe a loose pebble or two, 
a tiny touch of (angle dependent) reflectivity on the grass, 
and maybe a water droplet or two on the grass and a few 
wet spots on the ground and this becomes a classic.

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From mar@physics.usyd.edu.au:
The grass turned out great for all the work you put into it. I might suggest
a colour gradient along the blades though.. grass is usually lighter towards
the bottom. Dirt seems a bit pale and uniform in colour, but the ant is good.