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From sshaw@fas.harvard.edu:
I don't know if it was intended in your design, but I like the idea of a
computer ray tracing program making a picture of the distant ancester of that
computer.  I didn't find plans for an analytic engine detailed enough, or
pictures good enough, to tell if this is a true recreation or not; in either
case, you get points for keeping straight all of the parts in this complex
model.

I would be happier with it, artistically, if you had used more textures and
colors in the model.  Having the entire piece a uniform metal, as if it had
been poured in a single mold, is a bit tough on the eyes.

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From sammy@cube.net:
You could have submitted it to the 'gadgets and Odd devices' round also :) 
nice complicated design!
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From Martin.Magnusson.7121@student.uu.se:
Good modelling, good wood texture. Nothin much is happening in the scene
though.

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From jerry@hoboes.com:
You left out one very important piece of information: is your analytical engine
Babbage's actual design? That would be a very cool and useful piece of work if
it were! (I'd rather see it in the animation round :*) Nice detail regardless.
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From gregj56590@aol.com:
Appropriate theme.  Isn't the inner workings more complicated (diverse)? The
middle portion doesn't match my memory.
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From jull43@ij.net:
My first thought on seeing the image was that it was some 
kind of Rube Goldberg going to crawl across the table. 
Maybe a frame to avoid that first impression? 


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From bsieker@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de:
This is quite a winner in my opinion. Very nice idea, outs modelling, and very
good camera position and lighting.
What spoils the image is the fact that you used a far too low JPEG quality
setting, that smears all the fine details with quite prominent 'swirly'
artifacts. Given that you use only a quarter of the allowed size, I suggest
you re-read the manual of you conversion software on how to achieve a higher
quality.
As to the reflective ceiling and walls: POVray does not calculate specular
interreflections so these do _not_ cast light back to the scene. They do
however provide for more interesting reflections in the shiny parts of the
machinery.

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From gmccarter@hotmail.com:
Remarkably realistic, but lacks a sense of scale: it the analytical engine
tabletop-sized, or is it as big as a automobile?

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From davidwilkinson@cwcom.net:
Love the mechanics!

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From ethelm@bigfoot.com:
Excellent image. The lighting is particularly well done.

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From 101741.541@compuserve.com:
Impressive modelling; good lighting, too, and the 
radiosity really
adds something.  

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From bobfranke@halcyon.com:
Very interesting method for lighting.  It would be 
interesting to compare to a version with the radiosity 
turned off.  I would have just used some area lights with 
some ambient light to soften the background shadows.


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From r@pluto.icom-solutions.com:
Notable for modelling


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From r@dialup81-1-37.swipnet.se:
Notable for modelling


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From r@98cab144.ipt.aol.com:
Outstanding image you got here. Especially suitable for this particular kind of
competition, in which we are all using computers. Looks like you went a little
heavy on the jpeg compression, though.
Notable for modelling, originality, composition, lighting