Truthfully, comments can be a barometer of your appeal to other Renderosity Fractal Gallery members, and very few others, lol. Yes, nice comments are wonderful, they give you warm, fuzzy feelings. And yes, you are more likely to look at the work of people who comment on your own creations, and you will more likely find them to be 'nice comment' worthy than images by people who you are not familiar with. That's just human nature. Have you ever noticed that people will agonize over what sort of car (house, computer, boat, anything) they should buy, but once they have bought it, they will think their choice is perfect. They will gravitate to things that remind them of their choices (colors, shapes, etc.) and find those things more attractive than other things. We are just like that. Like you, Keith, I wonder why this one and not that one (me) too, but although I keep trying to figure it out, I am no longer worried about it. I make my images to please myself, and when someone else likes them, I am delighted. I try to keep doing better images, and sometimes have one that I think is superb...only to have it get 4 comments :( Oh well. I just assure myself that it is an off day and go on making things that satisfy my creative urge.

Fractals will always amaze me!