Dianne I agree with you-I was not aware that master Elpinio was consistently doing that-it does sound like a version of spamming or sour grapes in that case. It is not constructive to give a lower rating for no reason-why bother to give a rating in that case? I try and and separate my own artistic leanings from my ratings and judge on such things as use of lighting, texture, and composition. My largest bias is against the PLASTIC look-unless it is deliberate and for a purpose. This makes me cringe sometimes at S.Mortier's work (the author of the Poser Handbooks (3&4). His work IS creative-it is just uniformly plastic looking. I would HAVE to be careful if asked to rate his art that my anti-plastic bias was left out! As a matter of fact, now that I have a webpage I can put up some of my own art for praise and criticism! Havta get to doing that! BTW, I love your work and tend to "5" it! -Eric Walters