I would really like to thank all who have posted a comment here. I agree with some of your comments and disagree with others but I really do appreciate your input. I want all to understand that Im not complaining Im just curious about why certain images get more attention than others and was looking for a different perspective. If on the one hand that we believe that without action or color in an image people will not respond than that may tell you that either they need that action to tweak their interest or that they truly dont understand what the artist (you) are trying to say with your image. I know that art is subjective but I guess I would just like people to think more when they view an image to try to see what the artist was trying to say. I know that some of us here do exactly that, but I feel on a hole this is not what takes place. As far as myself is concern Do I enjoy doing this? Well the answer is YES! I do this for my own satisfaction, it does not matter how long it takes as long as Im happy with the results. I would like to think that what I do is well conceived and thought out. This is not a slight on any one; this is just my opinion on how I myself would do things. There are so many wonderful images produce here by so many talented people. I would like to make a suggestion though, has their been any thought given to a section for people to post in a genre that covers a specific topics? Also I apologize if I have not responded to you directly, (fozzibear).Sorry! ;-( I try to check to see if any one has responded to my question and before I new it there were over 11 responses. I will respond to one question that has been ask by more than one person, you ask that if I added color or different textures to my space ship pictures that people would take notice. I appreciate what your saying but I would not be true to myself if I am approaching this scientifically. For example all my space ships are design to never enter into the atmosphere unless I specifically design one to do so; (hence the Lander for Mars Explorer 1). These ships also have an expected life span of at most 10 to 15 years. In that short span of time you would not notice much deterioration to the outer hull. There is really no such thing as weathering in zero atmospheres. If you take the International Space Station as an example; the first parts of the station being launched back in 1998 you will see little if any weathering to the outer hull, (it looks the same way it did on launch day). Brand New! So I did not want to use any dark colors because when you are in outer space with no atmosphere to block the suns radiation dark color absorbs heat and can damage the ship itself. These ships that I have design do not spend around to dissipate heat. NASA has performed test with different material and has determine that for the most part the more reflective the material the better (White). You definitely do not want to use flat colors as they do not reflect well. Ill stop now. ;-) If any one would like me to explain further why I design the way I do please feel free to drop me an e-mail. (drobinson@cox.net) I will respond as soon as I can. Thanks again for all the suggestion; I really do appreciate your input. David

Sounds great, so how do you set them up??? I have 3 P3 machine on my home network. David

Question, Why does it have to be a duel, why not just use Bryce to its fullest potential? There are some of us here that like to deal with more realism then fiction, (and yes I know that most of my pictures deal with what is possible and not what is now in practice). By limiting the contest to this dueling thing may always leave people like me out, I create about 98% of my pictures exclusively in Bryce. I never got into the (Star wars) thing, just showing a spaceship against the stark background of space can be just as awe-inspiring as having 2 ships blowing themselves up. Just a thought. David

Well lets see, someone mention that this month contest was Space Battles and you know that I do a lot of that sort of thing, so here goes, my spaceship The USS Patrick Henry is sneaking into the Jovian system to steal all the Crapaddolle 35 B that is located on one of Jupiters moon IO. This is the most powerful element in the known universe and Captain George Tiberius Rustbuckets knows that he who has this element rules the entire McDonald's franchises located on Mars. And we all know what that means, right! This image depicts the ship as it sneaks stealthily into the outer fringes of the Jovian system just before going to (BATTLE STATIONS)!!!!!!. David ;-)