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From maarten_hofman@hotmail.com:
Good composition.
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From tyler@cg1.org:

The flame looks to reddish to me, and the colors the whole scene. Rather simple.
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From rgow@lanset.com:
Good concept. Nice modeling of the abacus. As you note in your text, the candle isn't quite right. Try using media for the flame.

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From suso@suso.org:
I probably won't be the only one to ask this, but why did your image take 44 hours to render?  It doesn't seem that complex. 
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From velaki@aol.com:
That abacus looks like a Russian Shchotiy.  Nice!

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From slone@hiwaay.net:
Nice composition and atmosphere, but a lot of blank space and the shadow lines 
are too sharp. Very nice candle flame.