I think you've done marvellously well....even have footprints in the sand! Looks right out of the Castaway movie! Nice job. :) Irene

Really good, I love the sand and what looks like prints in the sand. Good job, isn't Vue fun. Sharen

Excellent image Chris. Can't wait to see your next one :}

Oh man! That's the best looking beach sand I've ever seen in any program. The water looks great, too. One thing: IMHO, the tree looks a tad small in relation to the sand mound and boat.

The footprints are excellent detail..a great touch. The only thing I would change Chris is the horizon line, it bisects the image through the center. Maybe you could try lowering the camera, then tilting it up so that the horizon lays about one third up the image. It is worth a try, but you may find it knocks everything else out of perspective. Oh boy, I'm laughing here...those footprints have just reminded me of a little accident I had a number of years ago...excellent Chris, thankyou. Isn't it great when an image reminds you of things like that. Thanks again Chris, and well done :) Martin Cheers

Nice work, Chris! My additional tip would be to perhaps lighten the color of the boat material, have it be a bit more sun-bleached. But it doesn't look bad the color it is, either. And I'm so sorry you had to hear about Martin's little "accident." We try to keep him in line, but every now and then... ;)

great image,the water might need more trans and maybe less diffusion and ambience,good job though......

Greeat job Chris! I have to agre about the tree scale, relative to the rest of the scene, as wella s the water comment. The water looks kind of metallic, and more like mercury, to me--- needs more transparency, and/or, maybe less "turn reflective with angle". Your sand material is really good, and I like the additon of the dead trees around the island. :)

Thanks for all your input. I'm going to make the adjustments that were recommended and play around with Vue some more. The feedback has been very, very helpful. Thanks alot! Chris

I think this is a really great image for a fist one. Make the coconut tree bigger (or the island and the boat smaller) and add some more plants. Even another terrain or a ship in the very farth would look nice to fill the empty aerea in the right of the image. And don't forget the paddle to show that the person who left foot prints was not running away with it. Or maybe he paddled by hand, a shipwrecked?. Then the boats material looks too clean. Don't too much worry about what I say, I'm a little too pragmatic, maybe. :-)Guitta