"simple, but convincing..."

"The water in this image is the best I've seen, but the surface map is rather generic and out-of-the-box looking. The shadows are unrealistically sharp and triangular from the weird protrusions along the walls of the canyon - makes it look really computer-ish. Maybe a bit of soften filter for the terrain map?"

"Amazing detail! The lighting, craggy cliff walls and water are integrated seamlessly. I love the boulder-lik terrain."

"This pic had wonderful potential and probably would have been my 1st place choice, but it is spoiled by the fact that it appears to have been rendered a notch to the left of full quality, and then not even resampled down. Great pic, but blocky looking."

"Nice beach!"

"Excellent muddy water, good sky, great color sense. The flora in the foreground is a little too bright, or this would have ranked #2. Terrific painting!"

"I love that water!"

"This scene looks like it was taken on the Rio Grande in New Mexico. I have tried making gorges, and I know how difficult it is to make them look realistic."

"Not an overly interesting pic, but definately realistic. It's not easy to believe this shot was computer generated."

"I really like the muddy water."

"The muddy water looks realistic!"

"Realism is superb here. Note the detail in surface colouring and at the water's edge. It's a striking shot which I'd love to see in 3D!"

"Is that superimposed water? If not Terragen is truly amazing!!!"

"wow! I was so impressed by this! Very realistic!"

"Only slightly distracted from the 'realness' by the painterly surface map 'bug', this is still a brilliant picture. I can imagine being in a boat about the land on shore..."

"The running water is so realistic in both colour and texture. Superb"

"Best Image: Easily the most realistic water. Looks like you are coming up on shore in a canoe and about to step in to pull the boat up. Very good."

" I like the dirty look. Not just another paradise picture."

"Really good water"

"Holy cow! I love the water! Perfect muddy river... the only thing that bumps this off my 1-3 ranking down to honorable mention is the surfacemap, which isn't quite as good as some of the others. It's /very/ good considering that we're dealing with a daylight scene, though..."

"Nice muddy water."

"The water, nice."

"Best Image: no doubt. another one of those "first glance winners." of all the things that come together to make a convincingly real image, the lighting is most crucial; and the lighting and shadows throughout this rendering especially in the water reflection are outstanding."

"it looks like a muddy river with realistic dirt. my mind has to wonder"

"Also good!"

"nice water...not so great horizon line and the surface is a bit sketchy."

"Great muddy water! Rock texture is great, even a bit water worn. Nice lighting."