===== From ojamies@cs.helsinki.fi: This is a bit dark I think, it could use some candle type light at front. Nice mood and good composition. ===== From stephenhasmail@yahoo.com: Very good modelling in CSG. I think your lighting could use a lot of work (brighter would be better) and your stone wall looks a little fake (sorry). ===== From marlo.steed@home.com: detail is there but the finish needs some work in terms of the glass and wall textures. ===== From StephenF@whoever.com: All the glass objects look good, and the lighting helps create a mood of mystery. I'm not sure about the walls, though... they don't seem to mesh well with the rest of the scene. I think it might have worked better to use a single piece of wood for the tabletop... the single line of light coming through doesn't look all that good. The wood texture looks pretty good. ===== From jaime@ctav.es: Lighting is a bit confuse. I think having the light source in a visible part of the scene must help to avoid such confusion. Arrangement is nice, but perhaps the composition is a bit empty, unused (well, perhaps the alchemist no yet started The Work? :) ===== From tom@tomandlu.co.uk: Textures need work, but some nice modelling ===== From peter@table76.demon.co.uk: I thought the books were quite effective, and was surprised to read your description of how simple they were. ===== From albiaprime@aol.com: Artistic: Very nice lab set up, however the size of the wall stones detracts from an otherwise nice image. Technical: All in POV-Ray, we're impressed and good technical notes to appreciate the effort put in well done. Theme: Very much on theme.