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From skipt1@aol.com:
Nice work on the palace.  The reflection in the water is great.  Just as much attention should be given to the rocky/sandy landscape, however.  Its hard to discern if rocky mountains or dunes were intended.  More detail in the landscape would have helped here.  Nice image though and good concept.
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From tek@evilsuperbrain.com:
Good concept and very nice details in the reflected palace. Unfortunately the majority of the image is taken up by not very detailed sand dunes and an equally uninteresting sky. I'd suggest more texture and modelling variations on the dunes beyond the pool. The ripples you've used in the foreground are good, why aren't they on all the dunes?

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From rgow@lanset.com:
Great concept. City reflection is well done. Sand texture is too smooth.

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From i-mcnamara@cornellcollege.edu:
Well, I'll start with the sand and mountains... they could use a bit of work, maybe a grainier texture, and a more wave based flowing shape for the sand.  Now, while those aspects are a bit lacking, the temple is amazing.  All those hours that you two put into creating it really did pay off.  I love your attention to detail; I'm just as obsessive when it comes to architectural modeling, not that I’m all that good at it.  Keep up the rendering!   
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From enrique.sahagun@uam.es:
very good idea

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From ericf@foothill.net:
The mirage image I like a lot, a bit wavy from the water, and your work on the textures obviously paid off.  It was the other textures I wasn't too crazy about.  The dunes have a good shape, but I would like to see a grainier texture to them.  And the mountains look a wee bit too soft, not sure what you might have done differently there.  I like the tree, but maybe a couple more would have been good, for balance.

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From darwallace@earthlink.net:
The sand texture lacks depth.


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From file:
Flat
Notable for modelling


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From file:
I like it. A little more time ant texture work on your environment would nto go unnoticed, but the reflection itself is great.