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From zekaric@yahoo.ca:
If the poem wasn't included in the text accompanying this image, I wouldn't have
known what was written on that paper.  Too difficult to read.  If the image is
of a room then some more work of the room could have been done.  What is
lighting the room?  It isn't just that candle on the table which doesn't seem
to have much influence on the rest of the world.  The window is too busy to see
through it and understand what you are seeing.  More detail on the window frame
could improve things as well as more detail for the table etc.  

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From tek@evilsuperbrain.com:
Nice concept and overall composition.

I'd suggest your technical pov skills need some work, e.g. real objects aren't
perfect box shapes so use isosurfaces or heightfields for a less perfect shape,
the candle flame is eliptical so I'd suggest combining several media density
functions with turbulence to get a more complex and interesting shape. Also the
light from the candle doesn't fall off with distance, which makes it look like
the room is well lit rather than getting the dramatic lighting a candle should
give, use something like fade_power 2 fade_dist 2*candle_height for a more
natural feel. Also 0 ambient will help this lighting.

mail me if you want more suggestions: tek@evilsuperbrain.com :)

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From zerozerozerozero@wyan.org:
Although I generally prefer images that are uncluttered by assorted bits of
extraneous debris that have no bearing on the central theme, in this case it
may have been a good idea to add a few extra objects to the table at various
angles to the candle so that the shadows would emphasize the fact that the
candle is lighting the scene. Perhaps one might use other images associated
with Frost_s works such as apples or a butterfly (or for the pun-minded a
"Pound" cake with a file in it).

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From ian_c_thornton@hotmail.com:
Overall a bit flat.  The candle has no obvious shading on it and would
definitely have benefitted from some subsurface scattering.  The texture of the
paper is a little too coarse.


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From limdaepl@gmx.de:
Somewhat monochrome. Strange that the candle appears brighter in the reflection.
Would have been nice if one could read the poem also in the rendering.
Altogether not bad! I like that you did this all in POVRay without external
tools.

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From marlo.steed@uleth.ca:

A nice warm feeling and the reflection works well but it needed more detail
(e.g. flame and texure of the wood), 
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From s.day@uel.ac.uk:
You need to rotate the wood texture on the table, also paper is always better as
a bezier object which can easily be tweaked manually to make it not totally
flat.

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From jgrimbert@free.fr:
More work on the texture, please!
And a bigger picture, so that I can read the text...