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From scooby@pld.com:
Very nicely done.

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From chris@68k.org:
This is one of my favorites.  Excellent layout and sense of hugeness.

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From guilhem.christol@hol.fr:
nice picture

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From bobfranke@halcyon.com:
I’m speechless, great image.

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From gmccarter@hotmail.com:
A well-constructed scene of impressive scale.  The human figures are great for providing a size reference for the scene (but how did you make them?).  Good, tight color scheme.
Educational and precise.

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From ethelm@bigfoot.com:
Excellent realism.
Striking lighting & color.
Well Done!

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From djconnel@flash.net:
Dave:

Impressive!!!

The composition is excellent, offering a nice variety in scale
which is grounded in the human figures.  The view to the
upper right is excellent.  The flames are very nicely
done.  And the topicality is quite good.

One problem: Your right two flames are equivalent.  You
need to give some more thought to what tranformations
are being applied to your patterns.

Also, I am not sure what to make of the brick pattern on the
building.  It has what almost appear to be tiling artifacts, but
clearly they are not.  I assume they are intentional.

One more suggestion : There is an excellent article at
http://www.serious3d.com/ (see free article) in which the
importance of imperfection in photorealism is excellently described.
Your vat could use a few nicks.

Other than the flame problem, though, the image is excellent.

Dan

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From bill@apocalypse.org:
Very nice, This would be cool as a basis for an animation.  I like the
coloring too.

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From wozzeck@club-internet.fr:
Good idea, nice modelling and very interesting lighting, even if looks (to a total ignorant like me) really too yellow. And the overall scene is too clean.
Good job.

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From ekennedy@voyager.net:
I truly enjoyed this image, and your written description.  Your
attention to detail is incredible.
As a native Pittsburgher and a metellurgical engineer I have a special
appreciation!  The pervasive
orange glow is very realistic.  My only criticism, if you can call it
that, is that it's much cleaner
than any steel mill I've been in...  But, truly, well done.

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From 101741.541@compuserve.com:
Aaah !  Our specialist about industrial modelling !   So, excellent
modelling,
as usual.  Strong (good) lighting.  But.. weak texturing, as usual too.
I live in a city with an important industrial past (declining from year to
year),
and I love the related buildings, I often observe them.  The richness(?) of
textures is amazing : rusty iron (different levels of destruction,
different
colours, according to the kind of iron), soil, dirt,...  I'm sure you can
do
that !  Next time ?


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From r@dt027n86.maine.rr.com:
When ever you see such a complex scene you must admit it took  more time than you would want to give.  The use of fire lighting and the broad encompass of the scene brings it to a good point. But I would have liked to see a little more color and texture used to add a bit of spice.
Notable for modelling, composition