===== From ekaiser@camden.tds.net: very nice. I like the lighting. ===== From jgrimbert@atos-group.com: Far too dark for my screen... The night sky is very nice. ===== From whhale@nvl.army.mil: Good choice for a subject and I like the camera position ===== From white@rational.com: Great lighting, nice trees ===== From marlo.steed@uleth.ca: Nice sky and good textures combined with effective lighting. For some reason the trees look a bit 2D to me. ===== From sammy@cube.net: slightly too dark, but very atmospheric ===== From Alain.Culos@bigfoot.com: That's a very good submission. And it could have been an equally good submission for the previous round : gardens. It really matches both topics and is a good realisation. ===== From jouni@mikrobitti.fi: Well-selected scenario, very pictoresque surroundings. Pretty demanding task with the trees, but I think you did well. The two trees (especially the tops) on the right are slightly rough, but not disturbingly (besides, tree silhouettes tend to be that way). I had a look at the picture with gamma factor 1.3 and it was still pretty fine, so I think you could have spent some more light while still preserving the dramatics of darkness. The details in stones and plants are now partially wasted, but it's not critical by any means. Good work! ===== From jrcsurvey@aol.com: Spooky effect! You want to enjoy the beauty of the scene, and you also want to bolt. ===== From chris_darcy@yahoo.com: Nice Trees ===== From StephenF@whoever.com: Great sky and moon, and a nice moodiness pervades the whole image. My only real complaint is that the ruins themselves don't seem to be a very prominent part of the picture... probably a matter of individual taste, I think, but I thought I should mention it. ===== From jaime@ctav.es: Very artistic. Liked the subttle moonlight, altough it seems to not come from the visible moon at background. Anyhow, great effect! ===== From deathmacabre@fcmail.com: nice sky and moon ===== From clem@dhol.org: Great greenery, decent modelling. Much too dark. I would prefer less mood and more color for this one. ===== From mar@physics.usyd.edu.au: Wow, I don't know why you feel the need to make a dark picture to hide the details! I did a gamma adjustment and all sorts of amazing details leapt out. the grass, trees, stonework, the glistening texture of the altar, the background, all beautiful. This is a fantastic image, the main problem being (on my monitor at least) that it's far too dark to see all the beautiful detail. ===== From sjlen@ndirect.co.uk: Once I'd gamma corrected the image it looked fine, not bad for less than half a day's work. You've captured the abandoned broken down look very well, the background also looks good.