I've just posted a bigger version in my gallery - currently being hammered in the viewing stakes by Rohi's Bryceland X ;))) - so I'm putting it here to in case anyone has any comments. The original is 3640 x 2800. Set-up took around 10 hrs, render 4hrs and postwork 2hrs, making it the longest time I've ever spent on a Bryce image! (not counting render time) Postwork in Photopaint9 (just the guy's hair and some of the splash, really). The water and bottom part of the splash is layered transparent terrains, and the fish, bait etc. use pretty much the same procedural texture. The fish is a single sphere, moulded in C4D and containing a few ellipses. The harbour flagstones is a JPG map, but the moss / slimy stuff is procedural. Hope you like. Feedback welcome.

Wow, beautifull work. Excellent fish.

Please do not tell me what the bait is. That is so cool.The foreground is great, but also looking in the background theres so many details. Great job!

Love it, and the fish is amazing...Sharen

Looks great. Mmmm unprocessed fish.

ICM - I don't know what the bait is, but it sure looks tasty! Here it is original size! ;)

Wow fantastic job. This should be in a magazine!! (or a gallery)

Very good job with the fish.

You've got one Weeeiiirrrrrd imagination man. Very cool though.

Nice afro puffs. SHONNER

The fish is very nice. Looks great and the water splash looks cool too. Is this your challenge entry?

Thanks all for commenting. Rayraz - no, this isn't my challenge entry, although I suppose it would qualify. I posted an entry a while back and I'll stick with that :)

Awesome :)

Too weird, great, but weird...thats one transparent fish you got there...=P

Very Cooool image. Did you model the fisherman? Doesn't distract from the image, but there's something about the arch/ankle area that seems out of step (so to speak...) Great imagination and ability to realize it in an image. best, hewsan

Great image tuttle, me likes it lots. I haven't seen any of your work that I didn't like.....OH NO, me thinks you've got a fan. (giggle) :) Catlin

ace tuttle!! ace!! and I like the feet ;-}

"...OH NO, me thinks you've got a fan..." Cool! I'll send you a signed t-shirt and a cup with my face on it. On second thoughts, that's a bad idea... ;) hewsan - I did the feet that way just because Jeremy is so heavy he'd need big ankles to support his weight. That's why he likes fishing - he doesn't have to move around too much. I modelled him from Michael in Poser 4, with magnets. Thanks everyone for the comments :)

As for as the problem with the ankles. Star Trek to the contrary... I don't think it's likely that all humanoid (but not human) life would be anatomically indistiguishable from Earth people except for blue skin or the odd wrinkle on the forehead or bridge of the nose. Great pic, tuttle!

Body conformity is directly related to gravity, heavy g's would produce big boned, stout humanoids, and light g's taller, slender humanoids, that is unless the laws of physics don't apply to their dimension...=)...or not..=P