"Jim Charter" <jrc### [at] msncom> wrote in message 
news:4214f26f$1@news.povray.org...

> Thanks Steve. A little support goes a long way.

  I'm in support of all PoV-Ray users, with *whatever tools they use* to use 
it. It's a powerful renderer, there's no doubt about that.


 My entry was a
> calculated risk all along. I came to the concept rather late. 
> Never-the-less, even though I expected it, I was feeling a little bruised 
> that I couldn't make the top 1/4 in the judging.

 I remember and understand. I think I would have been some places behind you 
with 'Flowers' or 'Imminent'. Lol!

>
> Chris Cason made a point of noting that the ranking outside the winner's 
> circle was just approximate, an attitude I wholehearted support.  If 
> anyone remembers, I have been quite vocal on that subject in the past and 
> believe that a detailed ranking makes little sense in the context of 
> artmaking and expecially so when you enter the middle ranks.  To me it is 
> simply an artifact born of the need to find a winner.

   Yes, and correctly so, if so deserved. One image will always stand out 
from the others, (that's the nature of the beast, no pun intended), but 
overall, I didn't see the 'ground-breaking' image I thought I would see in 
this competition.  (Sorry to be blunt all, but it's just my opinion).


>
> Whatever my need to whine, I must confess that this contest forced me to 
> intensify my thinking about the themes I want to pursue.  And that is a 
> good thing.

   You're not wrong in your thoughts. It IS a good thing. I've got some 
images in my head that I MUST do, and I 'think' I can do. I would describe 
them something like, 'imaginative', but with meaning. So, let's say I'm 
thinking further than I've ever thought before 'because' of this comp.

 Which is a good thing. :)

    ~Steve~