===== From kingofmycastle@gmx.net: Let's go sailing. Fantastic, I also want to have the isosurface function. ===== From tek@evilsuperbrain.com: I like the dramatic atmosphere. And the models are so detailed! Nice. ===== From htkra1d@hotmail.com: AMAZING :) Honestly, it is. Beats my entry anyway ;-). Full ranks on all here. Congrats! ===== From tony@awmcs.net: The best image I have seen yet this round. Your textures are incredibly detailed. I also really like the gold ornate decor on the back of the boat. ===== From extrememarinerfan@home.com: Excellent! Can't be beat! The detail is absolutely superb! ===== From PovRayGuy@aol.com: Great ship and water! The sky is not too great, and the shadowes are too dark compared to the brightness of the main light. (I know it's nighttime. Even then most shadows aren't totaly black.) The sucker looks huge! Good job Gena! ===== From jaimevives@mixmail.com: Amazing... I really admire such a patience. ===== From a.vandekraats@student.utwente.nl: IMHO the sky and sea look great. But the ship... Unbelievable. ===== From ZenPsycho@yahoo.com: Doesn't *quite* fit into the theme, but otherwise technically brilliant. Clever use of image mapping regarding the windows. Nice looking water. Can't help feeling it belongs in previous themes though. ===== From mark.wagner17@gte.net: One thing to remember when creating a nighttime scene is that the illumination contains far more blue than you'd expect. If the lighting is too white, the scene looks like a dimly lit daytime scene rather than a nighttime scene. ===== From youknow@ucan.foad.org: Your layered sky effect is quite nice; the clouds loom appropriately. The water is perhaps a bit too evenly colored for such a choppy sea. ===== From delfeld@mailcity.com: It is hard to point out the mistakes in your image, since it is so well done in all respects. . . it is like saying that Michelangelo's "The Last Judgement" mixed up the concept of power and blessing with the concept of omnipotence and omniscience. Such a critique runs the risk of having people dislike the beauty of the imagery. But still, I have to say that the concept 'fortress' is not necessarily contained in such a ship, or even a military base on shore, even though both would claim the term. How does this image relate to the theme?