"IanT" <ian### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message 
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> Knocks my entry into a cocked hat ... amazing image and would probably get 
> a
> place even with no further changes.
>
> Some constructive criticism...
>
> The smoke towards the edges of the image is too blurred.  In all photos 
> I've
> seen of a real-life eruption, the edges of the smoke plume are very
> well-defined due to the sheer scale of it all and the fact that it won't 
> be
> moving upwards quickly enough to create any kind of motion blur).

Yeah I think so too. I tried making the media a bit sharper but it caused 
too many artefacts. I might go with an isosurface and completely constant 
media density instead... hmm...

> The top-most edge of the crater is very sharply-defined and stands out a
> little too much ... maybe place some smoke media in front of the edge to
> blur it out a little?

Yeah, or maybe make it glow and blend into the lava... I'll try some things, 
thanks for the suggestions very helpful :)

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Tek
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