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From skipt1@aol.com:
This image is excellent.  Realistic lighting and colors.  The different levels
of the scene transition smoothly.  The use of the trace function for rock
alignment makes for quite the realistic looking desert.  At that distance the
people can easily get away with being primitives, and I believe that their size
in relation to the rest of the image was a good call.  The pyramids are a nice
technical accomplishment as well.  This is one of the best images of the round,
congrats.

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From tek@evilsuperbrain.com:
Very good use of a variety of povray techniques. The colours in the image don't
look quite right, and also the sand texture is a bit noisy (I'd suggest using
higher quality anti-aliasing). Otherwise this scene is really good. I like it!
:)




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From AlaskaS@gmx.de:
Very nice image. The idea with the family preparing for dessert ist very nice.
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From rgow@lanset.com:
Wow, great job on the pyramids! Good texturing, lighting & modelling. Rocks
around the pyramid on the left don't fit in as well as the rest.



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From helene.dumur@free.fr:
Nice picture, I like very much the tracks on the sand

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From ewaninthailand@yahoo.co.uk:

I fear your picnicers are going to be 'baked' before they get to dessert. Nice
image, overall.
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From i-mcnamara@cornellcollege.edu:
Perfect camera angle, amazing pyramids, and really great sand. For cones and
spheres, the people look quite good, though their bright colors are a bit
distracting.  The waves in the sand leading up to the first set of pyramids are
amazing.  I'd suggest a way to improve the picture, but I can't really think of
one.  Very well done.
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From enrique.sahagun@uam.es:
I have tried to do the same and for me it was impossible, congratulations

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From jacoons@ameritech.net:
The scattered stones and "tracks" in the sand add a lot of realism and provide
the proper sense of scale. 
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From ericf@foothill.net:
Very nicely executed image, and I liked the family out for a picnic idea, but
couldn't tie them in well.  Not sure why, maybe I needed something else to see
how they related to the rest of the image.




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From file:
good texture
Notable for modelling, textures, lighting