===== From rich@brickbots.com: There is a lot of good things going on in this image. Your composition is interesting, as is your concept. I like the idea of keeping the image B&W, but for some reason there is horrific banding. This may be a result of the limited number of grays available in RGB mode. The road texture, reflections, and turtle shapes are well done. Just a bit of reflected/sky light to add some form to the turtles and some of the other objects would have been a nice bonus. Clouds are tough, and these fall just a bit short. Not entirely sure what to suggest. Perhaps making lots of concentric clear sky domes, each a bit smaller than the next with the clouds for opacity maps would give more of a sense of depth. I have seen this trick used before to good purpose (check out http://lotsofrobots.com they used to have a tutorial for this technique). ===== From hildurka@simnet.is: This is probably the only one, among the many very dark images this round, that works despite of the blackness in it. Or maybe it works because of the darkness. The composition is fantastic and overall itīs a very realistic image. Great job! ===== From sshelby@shelbyvision.com: Very imaginative and well done in every respect. ===== From simon_smith@zen.co.uk: The monochrome lighting scheme works very well. Quite a simple image, but effective - your artistic effort was well-focused on the important parts. ===== From glenn@mccarters.net: Ooh, I like this one, Dung. The framing, contrasts, and sense of timing = are excellent. Once the viewer grasps the concept of the image, a = complete story unfolds and the excitement builds. What will happen = next? Great image, clearly one of the best in the competition. Just one single flaw: the sharp-edged shadow formed by the diamond sign = suggests a structure, like some kind of stadium roof overhang. Have to = knock a bit off your technical score for that. Using area lights for = the headlights would have prevented this (but also would have bumped up = your rendering time to about 3 weeks!). ===== From file: Notable for originality, composition, lighting ===== From file: by far one of my favorites of the round. nice use of theme, composition, and camera angle. the turtles are very realistic. four turtles is a lot, though - one or two maybe would have sufficed, although point taken about the road signs. Notable for modelling, composition, lighting, originality, textures