JYR wrote:

> - first, the clouds do not cast any shadows onto the landscape, thus
> appearing **behind** the background mountains rather than **above** the
> whole landscape. Given their size and shape, they seem to be fairly low in
> the sky and should be casting shadows.

Just for the record - the clouds do cast shadows on the surface - just 
like in the previous version.  The only difference is that due to 
smaller clouds (and as result less of the sky being covered with them) 
and the changed positions there are fewer shadows actually visible. 
Whether this looks good or not is of course up to the viewer.

> In addition, i second the idea that the mountains in the background should
> have darker shadows, not because they **are** darker, but rather because
> they should **appear** darker by contrast with the strongly lit slopes.

 From the physical standpoint this is not correct - brighter sunlit 
surfaces also result in brighter shadows as a result of indirect 
lighting.  Esp. on steep slopes shadows will usually appear mugh 
brighter than on a mostly flat surface (the shadowed parts face a much 
larger bright surface and are illuminated by it in the former case).

Christoph

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