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From marlo.steed@uleth.ca:
This is nice image.  I liked the attention to detail on stone work.  The image looks quite grainy and a different camera angle may have added a bit.
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From rgow@lanset.com:
A nice image, I like your wall. Chess set seems much brighter than the rest of the image for some reason.

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From jacoons@ameritech.net:
Points for realism and attention to detail - I really like this image. I don't 
see anything I would change, unless it was to add more texture to the rocks and
walls.


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From jgrimbert@free.fr:
A single game, it's a shame.
The height/distance of chair/table seems a bit out of proportion.

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From fine@head.cfa.harvard.edu:
It's hard to make a chess picture interesting in general, and especially with
this particular Topic, but you've done a fairly nice job.  I like the butterfly.
Maybe they should have a special "best chess image" award.



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From jouni@mikrobitti.fi:
Very good from a technical standpoint. The originality of chess in a raytracing competition is very questionable, but the implementation works for me. The image is slightly static, a touch of drama (perhaps the butterfly on the front, a typhoon on the background or whatever) would've been a good addition. I'm surprised the grass stands fully upright even where people normally walk and keep their feet ;-)
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From p.gibellini@teinos.com:
I love this image: is a dreaming place!

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From mickro.warf@laposte.net:
Hum, the wall close the view...
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From bertram.henze@t-online.de:
The classic, flawless still life. Harmonic, homogenous. Gives me this "I like to be there" feeling. The chess figures seem prominent but not misplaced in the picture context - they are just the center of interest, and well done so. I do believe the render time - some of my own pictures take even longer, that's the price we pay for quality