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2 May 2024 01:49:54 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Mining operations in a new future world  
From: Hj  Malthaner
Date: 2 Jan 2021 15:52:45
Message: <5ff0dd1d@news.povray.org>
On 1/2/21 8:30 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:

> 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.

That was a good suggestion, thank you! As mentioned, fog didn't work so 
well, but a spherical media did. I've only added a very little haze, but 
it seems to improve the balance of the scene a lot. Render times 
doubled, but I can live with that. Thanks again!

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