Tom,

Well, it has been about three years since I last voted, so it was almost
like the first time. ;)

My practice in voting is 1) a brief look at every image; 2)spend some time
on each image; 3) read that image's text file; 4) vote on that image, etc.
... let it mull about for a day or two and then review and see if my mind
has changed any (this time, my only changes were to up the ratings I had
given my *least* favorites -- felt like I had been too harsh on a couple).

I don't think the text files are irrelevant at all when voting on tech -- so
many different ways to achieve one render, some of them hard and some of
them easy.  Also, as for the "artistic" I don't mind at all when I need the
text file to "understand" the picture (although, while I'm not particularly
concerned with "understanding", I have discovered that sometimes there is
enlightenment to be found).

As to tools for voting -- if you're a windows user, I strongly encourage you
to download http://www.halcyon.com/wordsltd/pov/winvote.htm -- my first time
using it, but it was a dream... no more toggling back and forth between text
editor, image viewer, other text editor with the text file.

All-in-all, I was impressed by the quality of work in this round... I'm
still torn between two images as to which is my "favorite" and there are
several right behind those that are really nice pieces of work.

Claire

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