On 1/2/21 8:30 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> Op 01/01/2021 om 21:49 schreef Hj. Malthaner:
>> On 5/9/19 10:22 PM, Hj. Malthaner wrote:
>>> I had the idea to make a scene of a spaceship, landed on some alien 
>>> planet, with machinery around performing mining operations.
>>
>> Many small 
>> steps, much trial and error, but I think this is good enough to be 
>> called the final version now.
>>
>> https://www.deviantart.com/antarasol/art/Azurite-Surface-Mining-864445059
>>
> 
> Yes, a nice one indeed. If I may give a comment: what I miss is a 
> suggestion of atmosphere. There is the exhaust of the mother ship and 
> there is a zeppelin, but the planet seems strangely bare of air. To 
> remain simple, a bit of ground fog would already help a lot; if you feel 
> ready for the challenge, a (thin) media would be great. It would give 
> that atmospheric haze with dimmer horizons which would also give depth 
> to the landscape.
> 
> Happy New Year!

Thanks and happy new year as well!

I had been using the fog feature in the early versions, but it seemed to 
cause troubles with radiosity and light coming from the sky sphere, so I 
removed it. But you are right, a media should work fine. So far the time 
for tracing the scene is moderate, I could try and see how it works. The 
planet isn't supposed to have a lot of atmosphere but some dust and haze 
surely would help to give an impression of depth.

The zeppelin was kinda artistic freedom, wouldn't work well in a thin 
atmosphere I think. But NASA actually suggested evacuated zeppelins for 
Mars exploration.

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Some of my PovRay works:
https://www.deviantart.com/antarasol/gallery/42758766/3D

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