Totally amazing. The right side of the image may be a bit empty though,
splash some boat there. :) Or move those objects (seagull, flock, distant
island) closer to balance things out. Or might the julia be really too far
to the side? :) Still, it's amazing, great work.

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Cheers,
Gergely

Tek wrote:
>Why's it been so quiet here for the last couple of days? It makes it look like
>I'm posting too much! ;)
>
>Changes in this version:
>1/ I've shifted the focal point further back, which has made the closest points
>on the fractal look slightly softer (not sure if I like that), but on the
>up-side has made the seagull much more visible, and shown more detail in the
>clouds. Also I'm using more blur samples which has help lose a lot of the
>noisiness.
>2/ I've made the water less noisey in the distance, so it blends better with the
>sky and gives a nice reflection to the mountains.
>3/ There's a flock of birds. Well they looked like birds until I switched the
>blur on, now they look like flying spots. It's how they would look at that
>distance, but I'm not sure I like it. What do you think?
>4/ Trees! A sapling and a small bush have taken root on the fractal. I like the
>bush, I'm as yet undecided about the tree. Both were made with PovTree and
>TomTree, which is the first time I've tried using povtree and I'm -so- impressed
>with it!
>5/ In response to Shay's comment I tried various positions of the fractal, and
>eventually settled on this. It's slightly bigger in the frame than in v4, and I
>think it looks better though I'm sure Shay will still think it's too far to the
>side! :)
>
>Next: I plan on adding fish, trying makecloud, and then seeing how it looks if I
>put the deckchair back.
>
>What do you think? Better? Worse? Anything else I should add?
>
>Your comments have pretty much built all of this image so far, so I'm open to
>more ideas :)

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