I don't recognize the quote, sorry, but do you mind a few small comments? The soldier's feet, especially the right one (his right one), seem turned in a somewhat unnatural way. I'd open them out a bit and give him a somewhat more solid stance. Was the background rendered outside of the Poser figures and then imported? The reason I ask is because the shadows cast by the tables are clear and sharp, while the figures seem to have hardly any.

The costumes are fantastic!! Very lovely image. Keep up the good work. :) Irene

Post it and dont worry. Ron

Hello. First, you have a good idea. The man's expression is fine. Here are some flaws: - realism: Woman texture, hair, dress is photorealistic, man clothing is not so photorealistic. The floor texture is not photorealistic, and the doors are cartoon-like. - Nothing can be seen behind glass doors. Bryce has wonderful skies for example. - the room seems empty except for the two tables, it's unusual. - Also atthisstage is right, the man's pose is odd. try to take this pose yourself, you'll find it very uncomfortable. - Also a bit more texturing on man's uniform would have been appreciated as the woman dress has so much details. It's a good idea, and there is some work in this picture. Yes, your concept is good, I would add every idea is called "creativity" if you're skilled (computer-generated pictures are needing a lot of technical knowladge) enough to render it in a nice-looking picture. Keep up the good work !

Hi! Nice idea. Some tips: Change the size of your "shadow map" for the final render. Make it 1024X1024 if you can. (There is a dial for this.) The shadows will be a lot less smudgy. Poses. The linked hands need work on the fingers. The man's feet need to be reset so he doesn't fall over (I'd move his right leg back). Textures. The man's uniform needs a texture map to equal the detail in the lady's dress (which is lovely). You can find textures for fabric at various free sites, and scale them down. Alternatively, just adding a bit of "noise" in PhotoShop (or its equivalent) will help. Also, the doors in the building have too intense a blue. If you have Bryce or Terragen, you can render a gorgeous sky in minutes. If you don't, PhotoShop has a sky filter which does a fine job of faking glass in a pinch. If you don't have that, either, tone down the blue so it won't fight with your wallpaper. Composition. Is quite nice. The tables are a bit bare, but potted plants or partygoods might be a distraction. I would suggest trimming the right edge so that the wall there isn't a distraction either. Anyway, you have a great start! Keep at this and you'll have a lovely and romantic picture. Carolly

I say post it in the gallery, then when you have time take all the great tips everyone has offered and re do it and post again :) Looks great :)

The figures are a bit stiff. If it were mine, I would post to the WIP gallery. That way you can get folks to critique it before you post the final render. ;)

I take on board all these comments, because I was very much less than happy with the image. It was composed purely in poser, and I think I need to play with lights there to sort out shadows. The background is the ballroom, which I downloaded from a link here. Couldn't find much furniture for the period. Also had trouble with the guys uniform, this is Steve shanks martial arts uniform, with a lot od post rendering. Thanks for all the help, will persevere. By the way the quote is from an Album called White Mansions, don't know how popular it was, but we loved it.