===== From johnson@pharmacy.arizona.edu: Greater copntrast between room lighting and desk lamp would have given better noir-ish feel ===== From caleb@chemeng.uct.ac.za: This is a very good picture, but two things detract from the scene: 1. JPG compression blurriness (use less compression) 2. The ambient light in the room should have been less, to create a more dramatic effect. ===== From gmccarter@hotmail.com: Nice phone, pen, hat, door glass. Some objects don't seem old enough: venetian blind, pen, desk lamp. Something seems wrong with the perspective at the door: the door size, handle position, and human figure don't seem to be aligned correctly somehow. ===== From tina@tezcat.com: I absolutely /love/ the details in this picture: the phone, the cigarette, the hat... everything, really. One of my favorites. ===== From djconnel@flash.net: It seems you went a bit overkill on the resolution, if the goal was 800x600 -- you would have been better off spending the same time with antialiasing. But I like the scene! The human seems to be standing on a stool.... but that's okay. I like the variation in objects, materials, and textures. Also, the lighting creates a nice effect. The woman's cap is a very nice touch! The smallweakness is the only average topicality.... it doesn't especially show a "first encounter", although it does show something related to one. ===== From east103@dialaccess.com: Nice image, but the textures are a little to clean for my tastes. Add some dirt or rust. ===== From ethelm@bigfoot.com: Very imaginative and detailed. The gun is very easy to miss. The composition might have been arranged to put more attention on the point of the story. ===== From blaineholmes@hotmail.com: Very detailed work. Good modeling. I like your glass in the door. I had a hard time seeing the gun. Nice textures. ===== From wozzeck@club-internet.fr: Your rendering method (high resolution then resizing) seems to have ruined all your efforts concerning texturing, and the strong jpeg compression killed what remained :-( I'm sure the 1900x1425 picture is very nice. Good idea, modelling and lighting. ===== From jaime@ctav.es: Original and nice idea. Very good composition. Nice modelling and also good use of free stock objetcs. The time expend on texturing and lighting is really worth. ===== From r@haka.saunalahti.fi: An altogether great image, with lots of good details combined to create an authentic feel to the scene. A bit of haze in the atmosphere would've completed the effect. There seem to be something funny in the proportion of the person outside, but I can't quite say what. Notable for modelling