Yes I was using as a general reference some clementines and also some
tangerines which both tend to be dark and reddish.  I was so excited with how
the color worked together with the texture that I allowed this stretching of
reality to creep in.  I will play with the color further. Same with the
irregularity.  I guess I wanted it to be noticable and exaggerated it some.
Thanks for your kind remarks, Jaime.

Jaime Vives Piqueres wrote:

> Jim:
>
>   As valencian, I can't resist to comment on the oranges: although there
> are orange varieties with such dark-redish color, they are not really
> common. Most people would see them more convincing with a more orange color
> (but for me they are clearly what we call here "blood" oranges, "taronxa de
> sanc" in valencian).
>
>   Anyhow, I've read the technique you used for the oranges, and it is very
> good and brilliant, indeed. The skin grain is very good, but perhpas the
> big deformations are too pronounced: oranges are not spherical, but they
> tend to be more spherical.
>
> --
> Jaime Vives Piqueres
>
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