i second that!

(all wonderful images doruk!) bsteph, i know what u mean... but imo the glass is it only at first sight. lines pointing to a hole... mh, well... i would take the fence for best. tell u: even if the sky is only about the top sixth of the pic, the fence leads ur looks to it. und at last the empty sky is (also a bit due to its brightness, ok...) the end point of ur looks. u may notice that u hardly can concentrate on the flowers down there in the foreground. that would not happen if the fence wasn*t there, imo. and for the stairs i'm with u anyway... wonderful!

ya, keepit. if u want to try something then (IMO) cut out (some of) the overlaying pattern(s) from where the figure takes place (maybe not complete or maybe just alter them there)...

michelle, that favorites list would be a great add to rosity... i personally opened a 'best of renderosity' section in my IE favs, where i'm able to have a look from time to time & so don't miss that much. (but it got quite a long list lately :)) - maybe put that on the 'community ideas' forum, hm?

...if u dont wanna work i'm sure u may easily find a way to let ur hands off it. i myself am doing this for 3 days now. and will get into serious trouble tomorrow...

opinion (and hi to the photography forum): my last quick & dirty scanner-works are heavily photoshopped but i take them as photomanip and think they fit into the photography range. but as slynky said: u are the judge. i for myself can easily decide wether the photo (object[s]) or the manipulation (design) has most weight. and often one would never realize what/how much photos went into a piece. { want to be helpful but never try to answer the perrenial question, lol } ur work: i agree to slynky on the 'flat' term, maybe it's tha fence in the foreground that takes depth away - cos it looks very flat itself... in complete (except that) it looks moody and telling.

...at first sight i thought this is a maya render or so and that i accidentally clicked the wrong forum... think this could be taken as a compliment :) unbelievable clean and sharp & even illuminated.

big heavy massive seriously agree to that! :)

imho: there's just a fractal spinoff needed. rest of 2d is ok for me. the number of works posted to the 2d gallery is not enough to fill 3,4,5... galleries i think.