===== From ekaiser@camden.tds.net: cool. I like really like the medias ===== From whhale@nvl.army.mil: Pull my heart strings with Fantasy. You achieved a very surreal feel with this one...Good Job! ===== From chris@bluelectrode.com: Great composition and interesting textures. Good job. ===== From marlo.steed@uleth.ca: Nice atmospheric feel to your image. The concept was a bit lacking and I had trouble figuring out why the purple orb in the middle of no where. The grass is spectacular. ===== From mibmlr@hotmail.com: My only complaint is the birds themselves. They seem to stiff. ===== From Alain.Culos@bigfoot.com: This submission would have been better rated in the gardens topic, I think. It's nice but the ruin seems a bit pulled by the hair (only my opinion). A good submission nevertheless. ===== From jouni@mikrobitti.fi: A cool image, yet I think the sunlight effect dominates the scene a bit too much. The materials on the ground are severely diminished by the intense light spots. Interesting bird models, well done. The closest bird on the right is a maybe bit too flat. ===== From StephenF@whoever.com: I like the flowers and grass a lot. The glowing mist and streaks of light coming down from the sky are an interesting effect, but they seem kind of glaring and make the picture hard to look at. The birds (especially the one with the outstretched wings) are good too. ===== From jaime@ctav.es: Hmmm... strange, but interesting. Perhaps too brigth, but anyhow ver artistic. ===== From deathmacabre@fcmail.com: impressive but is that top bird really perched on a rock? ===== From clem@dhol.org: A strange scene. Very odd architecture. Aside from the floating blue ovoid in the center, I do not see the eggs you mention. The plants, grass and birds are very good. More birds would have been nice, The posts seem a bit too smooth. Personally, I would have gone with less or no mist and a different sky color. Nonetheless, I like this image. ===== From mar@physics.usyd.edu.au: A very nice image, with some fantastic modelling and composition. The overall effect is beautiful. The excellent plants (especially the snapdragons) give a poignant feel to the ruined aviary. The birds looking on add another nice touch, and the lighting is superb. About all I can suggest is a tree or two to add depth to the background, but it's a minor quibble with that great light effect filling the space there. ===== From sjlen@ndirect.co.uk: Can't see the Blue Meanie anywhere, but it's a cracking image. The ruins look great, the vegetation is spectacular (but you used plant studio oh and your grass macro), the sunlight looks great everywhere but there seems to be a bit too much reflecting off the water, it might have been a good idea to have some non refelctive objects breaking that area up a bit such as ducks or lilies. This image seems to tell a story, that's good.