That looks great Larry. The only thing I would suggest is that I'd like to see it from a slightly higher camera angle which shows a little of the table top. But it really looks quite good as it is. :)

Really looks nice Larry, so peaceful looking. Sharen

Looking great larry.I agree with mike a higher camera angle would be nice to see :)

Very nicely done and great image. Liek the rest suggested, its up or...hmmm...down for me. Nice to see something different for a change. Been sitting on the floor most of my live and that is what I see, under the table :) Bill

LOL.....Tesign where you been? Hope all is well with you. Sharen

Hey Bill, they don't cosider furniture as being weapons there in Singapore, do they? ;)

Hi Sharen...I'm okay and been busy with images for the DAZ3d contest :) Two days left and I'm still at it. Hey Mike.."...furniture as weapons"...LOL!...sort off. When you are in a place like Singapore, the only thing you can protect yourself in case of an attack is anything you can grab around nearest you, including your wife and defence yourself...LOL!

Very nice image Larry......your wife has an eye for good art :) LOL @bill..... I thought chopsticks were your first line of defence? ;]

very nice and i am agree with MikeJ :a little bit confuse about the table(coincdence with the landscape ouside or the window) so if we see more the top it will be better

oh no! did tesign say hes in the daz calendar contest!? i'm DOOOOOMED! ;D i just hope you didnt have as much trouble as i did with my entries.

I hate people coming here, sending really good scenes and saying that it's only their first try with Vue ! People like your are indecent to show... to impose us so much talent ! And I'm sure you will post some other scenes that will became more beautifull and mature to show us how little we are to think that we makes good pics ! And, not the least, you've got a beautifull wife having a good judging eye... Augh ! Life is so cruel... Now that I've desperately looked back at my first tries with Vue, that will never be posted anywhere, I can only say : 'Hey ! Continue this really cool work !!!' :-) PS : one only advice : try and experiment some other render settings for avoiding the 'graininess' on your soft shadows...

Oh yeah...Beck, only when I'm dinning, I break a pair of chopstick in dsperation and throw them like darts, than run for my dear of my live!...LOL! Muwahahahaha!!!...>;-D Yes, Bloodsong...you are dooooomed and booooomed!!! I'm in DAZ3d contest...three entries in all..Muwahahahaha! On the bright side :)...I bought your EXP and was hoping to get something done last minute, but Vue 4.02 is so unpredictable..has been giving so much ...nicely put..'surprises' or getting more funny. I have to resort back either to the first patch and one of them was done in Vue 3.1. Any buddy...best to all that participate. The ball is round and its anyone's game :) Bill

LOL @ bill ;] oh noooooooo blood!!! I hear a death screech coming on.....ummmm not sure who's voice it is tho ;] LoL @bop :)

Very nice picture... I'll say what makes this picture stand out from others is the trumpet on the tabletop... How many other pictures have even a trumpet in it?? :) If you modeled the trumpet and the daffodil, that's very nice modelling...

Very nice scene, Larry. (And LOL to Claude re: first images!) There are two changes I'd suggest. - As others mentioned, the line of sight on the table. A bit higher or lower camera angle would be a little better, just to change the tabletop from being mostly a "bar" shape to seeming more like a tabletop. With the camera lower, however, you might "fix" the table, but run into the same problem with the chair seats. So maybe higher would be best. Try both ways and see what you get. - The hill in the distance appears to begin and end from one edge of the bay window to the other. That seems much too symmetric for the rest of the composition. So I'd suggest extending the sides of the hill both left and right so that they are out of sight. Or just the left or just the right. :)

Eh Varian!...I still like it under the table...yet to see one!...moreover, there is no ladies in skirt sitting around it...and you can have the advantage of adding "crawly" like a string of ants at work on some sugar crumps, yeah!?....LOL! Bill Still sitting on the floor waiting :)

WOW!!! Hey, folks, THANKS FOR ALL THE NICE FEEDBACK!! Every suggestion will be addressed, though I don't know how coll, but this is exactly why I posted the pic... adulatio -- er, FEEDback! I think I may have been a bit too AR (Froeudian term) about posting pictures, but I do so admire the work I see posted here and you all have no idea how much time I've spent studying your work. Thanks again. And watch out for flying coffee tables. Larry F PS: This helps make what was a great day - used my brother's free passes to take one of my grandsons to Pac Bell Park in SF and saw Barry Bonds CLOBBER his 69th home run. Yeee haaa!

heyas; you are doing great work, larry. :) sorry to interrupt your thread with such off-topic nonsense. (btw, i am calm, tesign can only enter 3 pics, and a calendar has 12 slots.....!) :) but i forgot to put water in mine. no, well, one has a river and one has a watering hole, but not prominantly. :/

Bloodsong, Thanks so much for those kind words. I've spent the morning fooling around with the lights and various rendering settings and camera angles. Everyone inspires both by what they do and say so I have plenty of motivation. Larry F