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Save my eyes next competition by not entering...

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Again, bird color is nice.  The texture on the mountains leaves a bit to be
desired.  Look like giant blocks of marble.
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Nice hardware... Now spend some time modelling.


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A beautiful scene.


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Nice bird but the sun's a little flat and lifeless.

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Shallow depth makes me not like what should be a good image.
Maybe moving the highly textured "hills" back in the -Z direction 
would help?


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Landscape polygons all too apparent. Nice bird, though.

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The bird and trees are facinating, but the background/backdrop needed more to
complement the other objects.
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good background
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Gorgeous bird.  It would stand out a little better if you toned down your
rock texture a hair. ;)


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I'm fascinated by the textures on the bird and the rocks.  Lovely.

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Great image... ...until you see the sun in the background.  The foreground
is so cool but the background definitely detracts from it.


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Interesting choice, to do a totally different treatment of the same model.  I
actually liked them both.