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From mikko.oksalahti@dosetek.varian.com:
Well balanced colors.

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From d97ta@efd.lth.se:
lovely vegetation. the texturing rocks (umm. i see no rocks here :)
the flowers are a real nice touch.
nice to see someone use non 4:3 aspect ratio for once.


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From ewgr@abaddon.globalnet.co.uk:
Very nice, focal blur works well too.

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From manorton@tcnet.net:

Nice image.


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From castlewrks@aol.com:
MORE ANTS!!
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From simon.davis@altavista.net:
The flowers are wonderfully modelled and textured. The focal blur is spot on.

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From buck@cs.byu.edu:
Very nice!  The flowers are an excellent "splash of color," as you put
it.  I love the ants, and the greens in the leaves and the background. 
The focal-blur works wonders for it, too.

The flowers seem a little bit plastic, though, I think.

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From jaime@ctav.es:
Fine. Very fine. The pic format is a bit unusual, but needed here, and very
efficient for the image composition (that I like a lot). Very nice modelling
and texturing. Perhaps the greens are to similar and standard, but the overall
image is amazing.

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From djconnel@flash.net:
Nicely done!  However, the image really should make use of full
resolution.... more pixels is always better here.

At 800x600, this could be a contender for top placing -- very impressive.
The use of color, the composition, the action.... all are quite good.

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From bill@apocalypse.org:
appealing, happy scene.  Godo use of color.  The narrow image dimesions
were a nice touch too.

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From ethelm@bigfoot.com:
Liked this image very much. Very nice composition and lighting.

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From 101741.541@compuserve.com:
Hmmm, makes me think of something... pixarish, no ?

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From fisher2@pobox.upenn.edu:
Of the "panoramic" images this probably has the best composition to it.

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From arcana@sinbad.net:
It looks like you chose a narrowed image size to keep the viewer's focus on the ants. However, I think that could have been done and still take advantage of the full 800X600 image size limits. Translation... Lovely image and I wanted to see more of it! :{)

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From gmccarter@hotmail.com:
I really like the horizontal format of the image, but it's almost too compressed.  A bit more top and bottom would help.  I also like the slightly out-of-focus background, which helps keep your eye focused on the main objects in the scene.
Wood textures need a little work, and the flowers seem a bit plastic, but most textures are very good.


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From r@cache1.uwn.unsw.edu.au:
This is really great
Notable for textures, lighting, modelling, originality, composition


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From r@199.45.245.103:
I like your use of a different image shape. It frames the image very nicely. The tree branch could use some work, but otherwise pretty darn good. The flower is nice.
Notable for composition