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Impact Impact

I can see it burning, right there on the screen. Every ounce of this screams Val's artist description:"This is fifty thousand years worth of man and machine....This is godhood.---Well on the whole your entire mythos and future history of mankind is a vision in itself. But with this image (and others, I should add) you obviously have a clear vision of what this universe looks like and how things operate. This image BLEEDS confidence in your details, coalescing into what looks like a convincing still taken from the imager of a third Varuna ship.I have always love space shots like this with a far-off distant destination and a clear forward progression of perspective. Unfortunately this kind of image isn't done that often, even less so considering the level of quality. Your own concepts not-withstanding [as no one in their right mind could find them 'unoriginal'!] the piece itself presents a unique perspective of spaceflight.I've been watching your general space pieces for about a year now, and every time I see a new piece in-universe, they get better and better! This takes the cake, however. There are so many little details in the nebulous structure, the ice/dust particles and coronal halos, and the ships themselves.The moment this image loaded on my monitor, the whole thing snapped into focus. Everything clicked, and I could feel that tiny fraction of temporal emotion that was leaking through. This image is a statement that cannot be defined any more than Val has already done above.It's very hard for me to honestly find a fault. There are faults, like the clarity and possibly the field of vision, however those contribute to the tangibility and realism of this piece. The only thing that I can say here is that the nebulous structure could use a moderate helping of additional substance. It seems very textural, appearing flat in some areas, lacking detail in others, as though it was resized later to fit a larger composition.I submit to you that this is, in fact, one of your best.