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From helene.dumur@free.fr:
simple and beautiful

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From rich@brickbots.com:
A very nice start, but the main focal point falls a bit flat.

The trees in the background are very detailed, and realistic.  The boat in the
foreground needs even more attention to detail.  Rowing stocks, a more curved
form for the top and actual boards would have really helped this out.

The fog is nice, and seems a bit more clumped around the islands (as it should
be) but is just a bit too regular.  

The still water is a nice touch, but any large body of water would have some
subtle ripples that could really add a nice touch to the reflections, which are
otherwise well handled.  Not too strong.



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From ryanbennitt@lycos.co.uk:
I would have ranked this one higher if you'd only submitted the top half of this
image. The boat just doesn't quite fit in to what is otherwise a very striking
scene.
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From hildurka@simnet.is:
A great natural setting. The boat is probably a little bit 
too simplified compared to the rich detail in the trees in 
the background. But still a nice image, I like it very 
much.

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From dungbeatle@mail.tds.net:
Lovely picture! I really like the colors. Trees look a bit flat to me. Love the
water.


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From sshelby@shelbyvision.com:

Very serene and beautiful. I can easily put myself there in the scene.


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From simon_smith@zen.co.uk:
You got dinged a point because I think the water is /too/ still. ;-) But still a
beautiful scene and a likely winner.
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From glenn@mccarters.net:
This is so close to being a complete and excellent scene.  The obvious =
problem is the "abandoned" boat.  You have shown no reason for the boat =
to be abandoned here.  In fact, nice functional boats like this one are =
rarely abandoned.  I think it would be better to add a fisherman, a =
dock, or at least an anchor.
Nice fine mist, although it is a little too bright white at the =
shorelines.  And the landscape in the background is good, but needs a =
little more variety instead of simply showing uniformly-sized trees all =
growing out of the rocks..  Nevertheless, one of the best images in this =
round.




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From file:
Beautiful!!!!!! A lot of details on the trees. Though overall a bit too empty.
Can add some ripples to the water, and some more color, like a bit blue, etc.
Just a suggestion.


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From file:
very nice background, especially lighting on the trees.  boat seems a bit
unrealistic, and seems to hover above the water.  why is it floating there,
unanchored, with no one in it?  light theme perhaps is not emphasized enough.