===== From marlo.steed@uleth.ca: Nice concept and the image looks nice. A bit of motion blur would have provided some action to your scene. The threads surrounding the ball look a bit odd - not sure what to suggest other than instead of having lose threads lying about - use motion blur, or both. ===== From tigerhawk@stic.net: I like the film look that you added to the scene, and I like the concept. I felt it could have been more dramatic (I didn't get a good sense of movement) but a well made scene nonetheless. ===== From rgow@lanset.com: Wow, great job on the modelling! I'm going to have to find some time to experiment with Art of Illusion. ===== From jacoons@ameritech.net: Points for realism in the "fuzz". The wood texture on the racket could use some work, perhaps turbulence. ===== From jgrimbert@free.fr: Sepia effect is barely noticeable on wood. ===== From fine@head.cfa.harvard.edu: A truly great image. I didn't realize tennis balls shed so much when they were struck. Minor nitpick: the olympic rings are prominent, so I would've modeled them, and given them a high specular, so that it really looked like a painted logo, or a sticker or something. ===== From jouni@mikrobitti.fi: Interesting, even if a bit plain. ===== From p.gibellini@teinos.com: The ball is awesome and the lighting very nice. Racket's ropes seems to be not disturbed by the impact. However, nice. ===== From jussi.kantola@iki.fi: One of the better images this round. The scratched-film effect is a great finishing touch. The wooden frame fcould be improved though. ===== From bertram.henze@t-online.de: The ball is so fascinatingly hairy, that the racket seems a little bit unreal in contrast - like a cardboard model with a printed-on wood structure. The ball sets the standard for the picture, and the racket fails to live up to it. ===== From file: Beautifully simple concept. Yet dynamic "snap-shot" of movement. ===== From file: Notable for lighting, textures ===== From file: The ball is a bit to hairy Notable for composition ===== From file: The ball is a bit to hairy and it seems to loose an awful lot of hairs. Notable for composition, modelling