I agree with Peter.  You probably have a lot of fans that you never
realized.  I always look forward to your pictures.  Your modelling is often
incredible.

As far as the IRTC this round, I read one of the image text files that said
something like, "This image sucks, and I only entered it because I wanted to
vote this round, and I'm 12 years old."  It was the image of the giant hand
reaching for the car.  While somewhat impressive for a 12 year old, knowing
that a 12-year-old was voting on the images is somewhat unsettling.
Additionally, only about one quarter of the people who entered actually
voted.  That's not normal.

Personally, I don't find the images at the top to be that far off the mark.
As I pointed out in another post, the gap between the top 4 was pretty
small.  IMHO, POVPlanet lacked in concept, but in artistic and technical, I
think it's quite good.  It may not have had my highest vote, but often the
winners never do.

I've often wondered why Digital Blasphemy's (Ryan Bliss) "Fluorescence"
image has always been so popular (the blue-glowing mushrooms), since it's
not very complex.  It may have never won the IRTC even if the topic was
"Mushrooms", and yet it's probably one of the most popular digital images of
all time.  I would guess that most of us would probably pick an image with
more complexity.

-- 
Jeremy

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