Superb !
I like the fishes, they are discrete and it leaves some details to be 
discovered.

JC


Tek wrote:
> I think I've done just about as much as I can on this image. Plus the new stills
> topic should be announced tomorrow, so I want to finish this and move on.
> 
> 
> I thought I'd do a quick review of some of the good ideas that weren't used:
> 
> - People/robots, deckchair, boats and any other man-made presence - the idea
> with these things was that this is a nice place to chill out and relax, so to
> show this someone should be in the scene doing just that, or implied by the
> presence of objects associated with that (an empty deck chair, boat, etc.). Now
> the image is at this stage I feel the objects and scene serve a more immediate
> purpose, it is not a nice place to -be-, it's a nice place to -see-! I don't
> want any human occupation in the scene because you are the human who comes here
> to enjoy it. If I put someone in the picture it will only make the viewer
> jealous! Well, that's pretentious but I think it works better like this.
> 
> - 3D media clouds - I've stayed with the 2D clouds because I like their ethereal
> apearance and media clouds rarely look as soft as this, plus the render time
> would become much worse with media.
> 
> - The empty right side of the image, too much sky etc. - Obviously these things
> are a matter of opinion and I know some people like the way this shot is laid
> out and others prefer the earlier versions. I could go into lengthy details bout
> why I think it works like this, but I don't see much point, you will either like
> it or not and frankly I'd be very worried if everyone agreed about this! So I'll
> just say this layout feels right to me, every tweak I made in this direction
> improved the feeling I got from it, and every time I tried something else it got
> worse.
> 
> 
> Just a couple of specific questions:
> - What do you think of the fish, does the water surface distort them too much or
> do they look right?
> - What should I call this picture? "grassy julia" was just a description of what
> I first created, but then maybe I should keep that title since that's what
> people here know it as. All suggestions welcome then I'll pick my favourite :)
> My own suggestion is "a holiday with Julia".
> 
> All other comments, criticisms, and suggestions are welcome as always.
> 
> 
> Oh, and finally, in case I forget to say this later: Many thanks to everyone who
> left comments on the earlier wips, you've helped to create one of my best images
> ever.
> 
> Cheers,
> --
> Tek
> http://www.evilsuperbrain.com
> 
> 
>

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