To join the fray :-) - I believe a common artistic mistake made by many who
are otherwise technically competent is that they add too much 'stuff' to
their images.  A visual artist should aim for the simplest image which fully
communicates her message to the viewer.

In fact Gilles, if I may comment here on your Spirit of Asia image. When I saw
it, I marveled along with most, but I feel strongly it would have been a much
more powerful image if there had been no 'moving' vehicles and no poser people
at all. If, like here at work on September 11th of last year,  normal life was
paused for a moment.

Yes, the image would have then be less aligned to the topic at which you were
ceratinly aiming.  My opinion is certainly colored too by being an American -
changing the television image would be another way to go.

And, in the end everybody's idea of art is different.
Regards, Bill P.


> Xns### [at] 204213191226...
> > "Gilles Tran" <git### [at] wanadoofr> wrote in news:3d9570bc@news.povray.org
> >
> > > For me it's simply the best picture.
> > > Its concept, composition and lighting are perfect and it has a soul
> > > most other pics don't have. Having more complex textures and objects
> > > could very well have ruined it.
> >
> > Yes, but image has some basic 'mistakes' - like to low AA wisible i.e. on
> > ladders.
>
> "mistakes" like this (if they are indeed mistakes) do not matter when the
> image has clearly a superior artistic quality, which is the case.
> They only matter on bad pics in fact, because they just make them worse...
> Believe me, when I saw this round, there was absolutely no doubt whatsoever
> that this image would win.
>
> G.
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