The image looks great, especialy the flock of birds in the distance, it
seems to have some motion in it, like it should have.

two points of critiscism:

- The flowers need some work, since they will be annoyingly simple when
rendered at Zazzle resolution.

- i didn't recognise the fish due to the refraction of the water, maybe you
should use smaller fish.

The title is very good, it suits the image.

JWV





"Tek" <tek### [at] evilsuperbraincom> wrote in message
news:3f00a1b2@news.povray.org...
> 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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