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From chris@bluelectrode.com:
Hmmm...not quite sunny.  It needs a more brillant light source placed at a
higher angle.  Everything else looks ok.

Good job.

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From clintona@ibm.net:
The sprinkler is excellent, and so are the chairs.  I think that some of the
willows seem a little too vertical and straight.
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From bill@apocalypse.org:
I like that you did willows, but they need something to 
give them more realism.  I think the problem lies in the 
solid curtain of branches.  If there were some breaks in 
the curtain, it might look better.

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From YaelParis@operamail.com:
Unfortunately your picture lacks of relief. You should improve the lighting so
that the garden will have a true depth. There's something strange with the jet
of water, there's no shadows! Very nice use of macros anyway.


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From whhale@nvl.army.mil:
Thanks for an excellent trace and the lesson in texturizing hedges.

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From tom@tomandlu.force9.co.uk:
I like the ordinariness of this one. The sunset (?) doesn't quite work.

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From ameede@madmac.com:
I like how you see your position of living in a flat then providing to the
viewer what your garden would look like it you had the space.  Your image as it
stands visually appears to flat, there is little to show depth, the shadows are
from my side of the screen too light.  the hedge was an excellent way of
helping your viewer to read into the background.  Your sky from the ground up
starts with a dark saturated hue then moves up to a kind of neutral blue color.
 I think that it should be reversed in position.  I am glad to see that you
added all the tops of your trees, I can not tell how many times I have seen
artist clip off the top of tree for whatever reason, I do not know.

ameede@madmac.com
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From Alain.Culos@bigfoot.com:
All plants are gorgeous, except for the weeping willows dead straight branches
... They usually sway a bit and they are not that perfectly pulled down this
makes them look unnatural.
The lighting conditions damage the image a lot in my view. I would have much
preferred a more balanced spectrum. This is too red and too dark - I know
that's
the effect you wanted to get, but that takes away from the quality of it.
I like the idea of the Chateau Margaux and your dream for a better place.
The sky does not look terribly convincing.
A good entry.

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From jaime@ctav.es:
Very nice, Marianne. It shows an uggly contrast on my monitor, but after some
gamma tweaking it looked very nice, with depth. Perhaps light ambient is too
high, but sun placement is really good. Nice details make it peaceful, as a
garden
must be. Good work!

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From albiaprime@aol.com:
Technical - Very good works on all objects
Artistic - the image seems a bit 'washed out', I would have expected the trees
to
         be a bit more vibrant
Theme - mostly a yard with a bit of a garden

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From mar@physics.usyd.edu.au:
This is a nice image - very much a sunset feel. The trees are wonderful,
although
the willow strands look too straight as they droop. The sprinkler, the grass,
the flowers, the chairs... all the elements are excellent. This is a little
let down by the lighting however - the shadow of the arch on the wall behind
doesn't match the shadow of the chairs, revealing multiple light sources - and
the bland sky. Some glowing red/orange sunset clouds and care with the shadows
would turn this from a good image into a great one.


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From file:
Watering the dandilions. Too funny.  Needs something for a sky and maybe down on
the wall ambiance setting.