51 Pegasi

Simply breathe taking, this is a very powerful picture. Sometimes having such an intense light source can really draw away from the rest of the picture, but this is not the case in 51 Pegasi. A really intense emotion can be felt just by glancing at this picture.

The composition is great, It's balanced out by the intensely bright star, and smaller planet, with the little bit of breathing room on the right side, against the asteroids and large planet on the left and bottom left side of the picture. The flow the asteroids create through across the picture really lead the viewers eyes across the entire picture, and gets the viewer through the bright star without much difficulty at all.

The lighting is what really makes this piece exceptional. You achieve the realism of this picture by keeping the light source consistent throughout the entire picture. You used just enough reflection of light against the planets to make it feel real and help create a realistic three dimensional effect on the asteroids and planets alike.

Excellent choice on texture, again your choice in texture on the planets and space give the picture an extra realistic effect, as if this is an actual photograph of what is going on.

One thing to consider perhaps would be to space out the planet, star, and planet again a little more. The picture feels a little cluttered in the center, and generally centered subjects lose their appeal a little bit. See what happens when you move the star and smaller planet to the right a little bit and space them out some.

In the end I love the emotion and power felt when looking at this piece. Your work on planets and space is fantastic and this is at all no exception. Keep up the great work.