Thanks for your feedback, And thanks for submitting, Mixepix . The lightning is particularly good, and the image really tells a story . Good work ! To Chip : thanks for your free model :) I'm gonna dl it right now . To Brent : me too i like to make all the elements of an image . I use Carrara for all my images . The fact is that i'm not the one who has made it, and i wish i had ! ;) And think you're right when you say that one month is not enough . So the next contest will be longer . Two months, probably . Maybe there is the possibility to make this month's contest longer ? I know the rules are the rules, but if you're okay with that, we can make changes . Please tell me . Of course, as several entries per member are accepted, those who have already submitted a pic will be allowed to upload another one if they want to refine it . One last thing . I know it's sometimes hard to think of an image from a theme . The first thing i do is to ask myself what the theme reminds me, and then i can let my imagination go and try to find a symbol . When Chip told me about the theme, i thought of a song by la Mano Negra, "Welcome in Occident" . It's the story of a eastern Europe guy who discovers United States after the fall of USSR ( "Mac Donald, MTV, Mr Bush and Mr T. " ) . So i've thought of some TVs in the shop window of a russian hi-fi store, showing commercials for hamburgers or cars, a guy with a bright smile, a soap-opera, some bimbos dancing, those kind of things ... I really think having a theme is more stimulating . litst litst.@freesbee.fr