===== From chipr@niestu.com: Delightful concept, excellent textures. The shape of the fish is attractive, but not really accurate--all the ones I've seen had a constant width along their entire length. I like these better than the real ones. Nice focal blur on the nearest one. ===== From mmandl@aol.com: liked the shells. ===== From jsaxton@folio.com: I like the shells, especially the texture ===== From ucoakc00@mcl.ucsb.edu: Cute. ===== From amarok@geocities.com: The left shell looks incredibly realistic! But school? Pretty far away. I guess this will be my Windows background for a while, though. ===== From klynn@minn.net: Interesting combination of realism and symbology. ===== From jjanger@mail.cspp.edu: I really like this. I espically like the dig at the Darwin fish thing. ( I have one. I also have a sense of humor. Go figure.) The atmosphere and focal blur were done well, giving the scene just the right look. The color choice and the effect achieved done with relatively simple techniques shows a talent for the medium. ===== From quinet@gamers.org: Nice image. I like the lighting of the scene and the overall atmosphere. It looks very realistic, except that I have never seen these species of fish when I go underwater. Do they only exist as bumper stickers? ===== From shipbrk@gate.net: Nice twist on the "school of fish" interpretation. Great tones. ===== From sonya_roberts@geocities.com: Hehehe! Lapel pins - the small ones also get used for lapel pins, don't forget. Lovely shells! ===== From jlb36@cornell.edu: The "Darwin" fish does in fact exist. THey sell for a coupla' bucks. The focal blur on the fish in the foreground is nice touch. ===== From jaime@ctav.es: mmmmm... Jaime (jaime@ctav.es) ===== From peter@table76.demon.co.uk: Possibly the most original of all the fish entries.