===== From tony@j4tb.com: The rocks look very real. Looks like you put a lot of effort into this image. I don't see the bugs but the Ram looks like he has a body made of rock. I would try and lighten his body to make is blend less with the rocks behind. ===== From harlidobib@redshift.com: Very nice. The waterfall looks too blue and the leaves on the tree are floating, but other than that, I like it. ===== From karl@pemail.net: Nice - a little more distinction between the tree in the foreground and the rocks would make the image better ===== From javaearl@hotmail.com: Great texture usage in the trees and rocks. However, the mountain goat seems somewhat...muppet-like. The birds are great, though. ===== From whitey@telefragged.com: Pretty neat, the textures in the back don't look right though. ===== From luisvaloyes@malditasea.zzn.com: excellent image, I specially like the texture of the tree, and the animals, (except for the eagle), the background landscape is also great ===== From dmacisaacj@hotmail.com: all is well in the rockies, however the animals need help. The ram texture blends him into the rocks, and it is too blobbish, the focal blur at the peak makes the branch of the tree really project. Overall great picture ===== From chris_hormann@gmx.de: Really Impressive rocks, good composition ===== From jouni@mikrobitti.fi: Excellent work again, Raymond! The water is a bit unrealistic (too magenta, flows too smoothly), but otherwise the image is great! You could've earned a few points by making the details come out clearer from the fairly multicolored background. ===== From StephenF@whoever.com: Nice scene... the ram looks great, and the shaping and the texturing on the rock formations is very nice. The water looks too blue to be natural, though. The woodpecker looks good, and adds a nice touch. ===== From gmccarter@hotmail.com: Nice try, but unappealing. The combination of noisy textures and dull lighting make it difficult to pick out the key elements in the scene. It's hard to tell where the tree ends and the rocks (lichen?) begin, for example. ===== From mar@physics.usyd.edu.au: Though this has some nice modelling and detailed texturing, the shadow depth is lacking, which makes this seem a very flat image. It's actually difficult to tell which objects are in the foreground and which in the background. ===== From albiaprime@aol.com: Artistic - Quite a nice picture Technical - Using a different texture for the tree bark would help make it stand out from the rock behind it. The two seem to blend together. The body of the sheep needs to be changed also as I almost missed it because it is so similar to that of the rocks. Work on the other two animals is very good. If possible, a bit of white foam or turbulence would help make the waterfall look a bit more realistic. Concept - Nice interpretation of the topic