===== From jon@vulpecula.us: Interesting...but where is the mystery? ===== From rgow@lanset.com: An interesting image! Some very nice texturing here, I like the interplay of colors. IMO the image would look better with some of the black on the right cropped off. ===== From thegreatbambeeno@yahoo.com: i dont get it ===== From hildurka@simnet.is: I can_t understand your extreme long rendering times. But I like your concept, it_s very mysterious. ===== From somers@w-link.net: You need to go to work for disney. :-) ===== From pbrasolin@yahoo.it: It's a very particular image. The candle is very nice and so the frame. The theme is very strange, but it's not a bad image. PB ===== From info@michaelscholz.de: Exchange the checkerboard for descent floor tiles and cut way the right side blackness for a "tighter" image. ===== From the_dark_allies@hotmail.com: Without reading your text, I may have not noticed the actual image within the crystal ball. A good theme though the hand on the left of the image looks a bit strange. ===== From zio_tom78@hotmail.com: The candle is beautiful, as well as the green mirror! Generally the atmosphere of the image is very effective. There are a few things that don't work, although: (1) the hand has a strange pose and an even stranger texture (are those red lines blood?); (2) the right part of the picture is too much large; (3) the paper sheet seems to float over the wall. ===== From p_chan@shaw.ca: Nice work creating the textures and the mood of the scene. The candle flame could be improved, as it's colour is too uniform. Perhaps using media for the flame would help. ===== From glenn@mccarters.net: I like the sharp crisp image. Some of the textures are too bold, but = the overall composition is really good.