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From darwallace@earthlink.net:
Object variety is lacking.  Even if you don't add vegetation, sea birds like rocky outcrops like this one to nest.

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From pbourke@swin.edu.au:
Excellent lighting effects, reasonable water.

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From dvnss@mega.ist.utl.pt:
Hook on Monkey Island!! :)
Lechuck's gonna get it now!

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From marlo.steed@uleth.ca:
Nice concept.  Cloth needed more realism.

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From douge@nls.net:
Great idea!  The lens flare looks very nice.

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From tony@j4tb.com:
I like the telescope perspective.

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From bbowen@cswnet.com:
A unique point of view.

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From angelaperry@webcombo.net:
One of the most creative entries in the contest. I liked what the
picture evoked in the mind but did not show, as well as what was
included in the picture itself. This picture said "pirates" more than
any other I saw. Nice choice of the round field of view, too.
~A. Perry

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From Alain.Culos@bigfoot.com:
Pretty neat idea.
I'd have loved to see some better weaving though (look at the sleeve
really !).

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From StephenF@whoever.com:
Some good work here.  The hook and the land formation 
look good, although the land does appear to be casting 
a shadow on the sky.  The water texture could use some 
work.  Personally, I don't care for the use of a 'spyglass 
ring' to frame the scene, although it does suit the 
concept of the scene.

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From sjlen@ndirect.co.uk:
Not bad, but the sea looks furrowed like a ploughed field, the land looks
very basic and the sky needs much more work.  A good effort. 

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From delfeld@mailcity.com:
Nice explanation!  The only real problem I see is not visual - it seems to be a fine picture - but rather the meaning behind the sybols. . . why are we only seeing the hook?  You normally can't see your hand (hook) if looking through a telescope, so the symbolism throws off a nice image.