===== From chrisbianchi@earthlink.net: Very good for a first "outside the box" POV-Ray image! ===== From marlo.steed@uleth.ca: A very nice image. The dof provides a focus to the image and the textures seem fairly realistic. Nicely done. ===== From rgow@lanset.com: Good modelling & texturing! The table looks like I remember. (Here in the US the game is called Foozball) Some background would be nice, but the image works as is. ===== From jacoons@ameritech.net: Points for realism. I would have suggested putting something in the background instead of leaving it plain. ===== From enrique.sahagun@uam.es: congratulations, it is a good begining. I didn't started to use blurring until a year before a learnt to use povray ===== From jgrimbert@free.fr: Very nice modeling. I'm afraid of dangerous play due to the traversal of the rods. ===== From jouni@mikrobitti.fi: Not bad at all for a beginner :-) Surprisingly well done with the perspective. Composition-wise, some more work on the background and the football field would've made the image more alive. Also, I think you slightly overdid the highlights on the green as well as the focal blur. Cheers, and looking forward to your next entry! ===== From p.gibellini@teinos.com: Notable for scene composition and lightning. ===== From jussi.kantola@iki.fi: If this is your first after RSOCP then I'm really looking forward to your future work. Technically sound picture. ===== From bertram.henze@t-online.de: I often wonder if focal blur is a good camouflage for too simplistic textures - as if we just assume there is dust and dirt when we cannot see it. Or if focal blur is a substitute for realism just because we are used to accept photographic attributes as part of reality. ===== From file: very good