No comment on the 3 pages comments. It just confirms that backslapping is definitively back.

Excellent landscape, beautiful perspective

Very beautiful and creative work. bravo... Sorry for late comments...5+:-)

Fabulous image !!

very nice work!

Well done!!

FANTTICA OBRA.++++++++5

wonderful looking

A very icey look to this work, kinda like looking out my window at the moment. The frost is still thick on the ground here and it is 2pm. The sun is shining so that is something.

Love the texture, realy looks like frozen icy surface. Good job!

after looking into your Photo folder, u have allot of nice pictures:) stunning actuly! Can i speak from the heart? If it hadent been for the rendername.. i dont think i could have made out what it was.. Im sorry for the direct comment. but it said u wanted both, critical, and non-critical comments. What everybody else is seeing here, i aint. Lighting,textures and water is way off. Im guessing u copyd the mountain into the scene with PS. the smudgetool did not help the job. Terragen can be a hard tool to use, i know.. iv been there:P U need to rework lighting, textures, and water. im hoping u dont feeling down after reading this. im hoping to help u along the way with this:) play around with the "texture editor" in Terragen allso try to size the waves in the water editor. move the sun around to get the best lighting for ur scene. looking forward to ur next Terragen post:)

Beautiful!!

Hi Richard! Bravo!! Your doing really great with Terragen! I can almost see the Abomidable Snowman standing there on the ice,lol! Great work! Hugss :)

I didn't see the otiginal version but this one looks great! I especially like the texture of the frozen lake with its combination of bumps and reflections!

This is a provocation, if not an offence, for those who spend a lot of their time to do their best and to upload good works. I wonder if the people who has commented enthusiasticaly such a scadent work are serious :-(

evie is yelling here WHO WOULD HATE THIS?????????????????????????// stunning !~~~

It is quite realistic and very beautiful. My eyes are happy!

Spectacular image with the mountains, and your words about fellow artists are very wise and I hope other's listen.

Looks good to me. I like how you try a bit of everything. You are multi talented well done Richard :) Cathy xoxoxo

This image needs a lot of work. Apart from the fact that the sky is default and could use some more tweaking (and that goes for the water too) the POV is chosen badly because you see the end of the terrain. You used only the one default gray surface layer. I do understand your enthusiasm about your first results, I too was very happy with my first TG renders and the comments i got from my family and friends. But keep this in mind: Posting this when you have a lot of folks that have you on their fav list (and the fact most of them know zilch about what Terragen can produce in capable hands)will turn up a lot of "Excellent!!" type of comments and thus offend those people that work long and hard to get a really decent render. I'd suggest you read some more tutorials and have a critical look on your own work and the work of other Terrageneers before you post another TG render in the future.

I don't hate it... it's simply NOTHING.

The truely gifted at any craft grow, learn, and become "gifted" by trying things and sometimes being outside thier on comfort zone. It is just super that you are attempting to improve your art ( fine though it is! ) by learning new tools, methods, and by sharing work in process and what you find works or does not, and by asking help from those who honestly want to offer constructive tips. This is the mark of a true artist and fine person in my humble opinon. Your wintery effects are certainly better than I can yet achieve with terregen!!! This evokes the feeling in me of snow with glacers forming. Now wear did I put my winter coat?!

I am hollering dear Richard, that I like this image very much. I know what my eyes like and they love this work. Hat's off to you for trying different works, I admire that in you. I would not know where to start. It is a beautiful image Richard, this is my true belief. It is a wonderful beginning, please do not comments put you off. Keep going, learning more and more. Your talents are amazing. Hugs. Diane.

I fully agree with AndyWelder (and some others) about the need of improvement on this picture. I can not blame you because you're certainly a beginner with Terragen, and I've been too. What a don't understand is this incredible number of "Excellent" (or similar) ratings of all these people who certainly know you for other works. In this case, it's not appropriate. Sorry to say that (and it's not jealousy), but you have to know that this kind of attitude is common on RDR, and unfortunately these numbers of compliments do not reflect the real quality of your render. As Andy says, you should study some tutorials to learn how to make nice surfaces, terrains, atmo, etc. Take a look on the "most viewed"/"most rated"/"best ratings" Terragen works, and you will see what the best artists can do with TG. (Even if, on these last galleries, you will see some anomalies too - I mean some renders that should not be there). I repeat : no jealousy on this, only disappointment considering the way of rating & commenting of RDR.

Wow fantastic i have never tried terragen i have vue and havnt even started yet superb work hugs lou x

HOLLAH! Lolol...Sorry, couldn't help it. Well, YOU started it! :P I'm waiting on the whole Terragen For Dummies series...then maybe I can say something actually worthwhile.. (but, hey, it's real purty...lol!) :)

Gotta love it Richard...did ya hear me yell? ;)

Love it! Excellent work!

I don't know much about Terragen at all Ricard but it looks very realistic to me! Could be a photo and I think you did a great job on it! :-)

Creative and beautiful work!!!