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From tofbouf@oreka.com:
Amazing ! Simply amazing !
What a shame that these great artistic and technical achievments
don't serve a good concept (this one is rather banal...)



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From babouche13@YAHOO.fr:

a very nice still, but where's the originality ?
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From pixel_guy@hotmail.com:
extremely nice image demonstrating your technical proficiency.  very nice grass
and water, esp in reflection/refraction of water surface objects

the image seems a bit grainy to me.  not sure if this is because of the
renderer, etc..

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From StephenF@whoever.com:
This looks very nice and very complex.  I like the 
reflection of the water.  Definitely a nice scene. 

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From marlo.steed@home.com:

Very realistic looking image.  Nicely done.  A close up of a butterfly
underneath the camera would have been a nice touch.
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From marcelocarvajal@ieee.org:
Pretty realistic image, but I think it should've been more focused on the
butterflies.
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From jhiggins@mooseworld.net:
This is far and away the best image I've seen so far, images like this make me
realise I should be using povray as a renderer. 

I am espcially impressed with the water and the trees. 

I would love to see something like this animated (and I realise the enormous CPU
that would be required).

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From lrwii@janics.com:
I've been there! Your picture makes me want to get out 
the canoe.

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From info@michaelscholz.de:
Wow, your image looks almost like a photo. Very beautifully done. At first I
did have a hard time spotting the insects, though. Maybe at least one
butterfly closer to the viewer would have been nice, to show more detail.
Great job!

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From ubiq1er@free.fr:
Hi, i think that your image is technically the most impressive. It looks =
like a realistic painting ; the reflections in the water are incredible =
; i can not imagin the work needed to put together all those trees and =
plants...=20
ubiq

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From peter@table76.demon.co.uk:
You bought a new computer to render the scene?  That's dedication!
Technical merit only goes up to 20 though, so I can't give higher marks....


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From file:
for me: best off all. very very well done. ist a milestone for irtc in natural
modelling.
Notable for composition, lighting, modelling, textures


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From file:
This is the most realistic computer-graphics image I have ever seen!  Keep up
the good work!


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From file:
what can i say? like WOW!!! actually i wanted to say that so far this is the
best image i have seen in this competition ( yes i have browsed the old
competitions as well... none is even close to this one in the way how
Realisitcal this looks) I guess water is what gives feeling of reality to this
picture, as actually colors for grass does not seem really right... still -
excelent image!
Notable for composition, lighting


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From file:
Really nice a little pixelized though might be compression on the image