===== From darwallace@earthlink.net: The lighthouse needs finer detail. ===== From pbourke@swin.edu.au: So much potential but it doesn't quite make it. Why the spiral on the outside of the lighthouse? ===== From dvnss@mega.ist.utl.pt: And how was the ship made? It's nice... ===== From marlo.steed@uleth.ca: Nice atmospheric affects..... the water ....not sure about....the spot light... was too abrupt. ===== From tony@j4tb.com: The light coming from the cottage is a nice touch. Your water seems unrealistic. I would have made it darker. ===== From angelaperry@webcombo.net: Excellent shoreline! The pine trees are good, too, and the ship is marvelous. I would love to know how you got the sails to look so realistic. Overall, very impressive. ~A. Perry ===== From sjlen@ndirect.co.uk: The fog's way to bright and the light coming from the lighthouse just looks like a cone or cylinder with a white pigment. The text file's too long. if you'd thinned the fog a bit and darkened it the sceen would look so much better. Basically you've hidden all the good stuff with the fog. ===== From delfeld@mailcity.com: I think I have to split up some things to judge this picture. Compositionally, the line from the lighthouse spiral leads the eye off the page, following the light. The bottom half has a good composition, and I wouldn't worry about the texture of the water for a dark scene. . . it can look gray. The realism is believable without the figures. In the first place, I never saw the second one until you pointed it out, and it doesn't add anything to the image, except to make me question why two people who sail ships on the ocean would fall off a boat in shore waves. Realism would also expect that they are capable of lowering the sails when you get that close to land, etc. etc. It's better to not worry about it, unless you are going to do your research. The fog works well, and the light needs to have some falloff. . . try a regular spotlight with a quick falloff and media interaction. You are going to be doing some very nice pictures soon, so make sure that you listen to the image as well as what you expect for the image.