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From spanky@wpi.edu:

That is wicked cool work, but where is the rest of the scene?
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From gregj56590@aol.com:
Rocks are certainly part of nature, too!
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From dale@midnightgarden.com:
I think the crystals are too perfect, or is it meant to be?
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From d97ta@efd.lth.se:
lovely rocks and crystals, all that remains is dimensionally
transporting them from the void of nothingness into a just
as well crafted setting...

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From stubbs@dundee.net:
very pretty

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From ewgr@abaddon.globalnet.co.uk:
Its simplicity makes it quite striking but I would have given you a much higher mark if there had been a background, that was perhaps out of focus, supplying an impression of scale.

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From darb@rpgpics.simplenet.com:
Needs some type of background.

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From buck@cs.byu.edu:
Beautiful rock texture!  Looks like a photograph.

Your image could have profited immensely from some surroundings that
gave it context.  A glass case in a museum, a rock shelf in a cave, etc.

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From jaime@ctav.es:
Nice, but would be better to see the cavern of your first entry from a point
of view, with the crystal rock in front, and the cavern surrounding it. The
crystals can look much better with something to reflect/refract and the pic
can look much more interesting. And, this way, you can avoid the second pic.
Anyhow, nice pic, and great tech work! I really liked the crystals rock.

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From djconnel@flash.net:
Nicely done!!!!!

This is a very nice modeling job.  Of course,  a background would
substantially enhance this one -- with a little more work, this
could be a real winner!


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From bill@apocalypse.org:
The light grey background hurts the image - makes it look unreal.

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From ethelm@bigfoot.com:
Original. Well Done. A bit bland and bottom light is odd.

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From 101741.541@compuserve.com:
If you liked these crystals so much, you should have made it more up-front
in your other image :(

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From fisher2@pobox.upenn.edu:
Unique interpretation of the topic.  The background is a little bland
though.  Perhaps a gradient or have the rock resting on a surface of some
sort.

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From arcana@sinbad.net:
The crystals and the sotne are looking really great, but without a scene to set them in, the image just doesn't work. Even if you'd just placed it on a wood table-top with a spotlight, that would have added so much more to the scene.

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From gmccarter@hotmail.com:
Plain grey background?  Ho hum... boring.

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From no13@ozemail.com.au:
The detail of the mineral is excellent. However it would be good to see
in in some form of context. Say in a display cabinet.

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From peter@table76.demon.co.uk:
Odd; why separate this out of your 00mb_001 entry?  It's an interesting enough
crystal, but works better as part of the larger scene.


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From r@199.45.245.103:
*very* nice. This looks much better on its own than hidden in your "cave" pic. I do think it should have some sort of context or background, just not one so distracting as the cave. The modeling of the rocks is particularly nice.
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