If you want to see some of the landscape the makers of Avatar used as 
inspiration for the floating rocks:

http://darren.s3.amazonaws.com/China/1.jpg
http://darren.s3.amazonaws.com/China/2.jpg
http://darren.s3.amazonaws.com/China/3.jpg
http://darren.s3.amazonaws.com/China/4.jpg

It's a big national park in China.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhangjiajie_National_Forest_Park

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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> If you want to see some of the landscape the makers of Avatar used as
> inspiration for the floating rocks:
>
> http://darren.s3.amazonaws.com/China/1.jpg
> http://darren.s3.amazonaws.com/China/2.jpg
> http://darren.s3.amazonaws.com/China/3.jpg
> http://darren.s3.amazonaws.com/China/4.jpg
>
> It's a big national park in China.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhangjiajie_National_Forest_Park

yeah, those geological formations are amazing...

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Wow!

AVATAR's CGI artists did quite a nice job in reproducing such organic
complexity--and in 3-D, no less. (I'm still amazed at the movie's intricate
foliage, all computer-generated. I can't even imagine how much work went into
that.  When Peter Jackson remade KING KONG, most if not all of Skull Island's
greenery came from scale models.)

Ken

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That's just crazy...

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Lovely pictures!

There's something slightly odd about the feel of the images tho, they look
almost cg or even watercolour in places. Did you use any sharpening or selective
blur filters on them? I sometimes get this effect if I'm trying to remove noise.

Where are the dragons? ;-)

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4bc65c51$1@news.povray.org...
> If you want to see some of the landscape the makers of Avatar used as 
> inspiration for the floating rocks:
>
> http://darren.s3.amazonaws.com/China/1.jpg
> http://darren.s3.amazonaws.com/China/2.jpg
> http://darren.s3.amazonaws.com/China/3.jpg
> http://darren.s3.amazonaws.com/China/4.jpg
>
You forgot this   one :)
http://www.irtc.org/irtc/irtc?_n&pg=ViewSubmission&id=StillImages_September-October2002_mitrv.jpg

Marc

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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> If you want to see some of the landscape the makers of Avatar used as 
> inspiration for the floating rocks:

> http://darren.s3.amazonaws.com/China/1.jpg
> http://darren.s3.amazonaws.com/China/2.jpg
> http://darren.s3.amazonaws.com/China/3.jpg
> http://darren.s3.amazonaws.com/China/4.jpg

> It's a big national park in China.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhangjiajie_National_Forest_Park

  There are somewhat similar rock formations in Thailand, such as:

http://warp.povusers.org/ThailandTrip_Diary/krabi91.jpg
http://warp.povusers.org/ThailandTrip_Diary/krabi100.jpg
http://warp.povusers.org/ThailandTrip_Diary/krabi127.jpg

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Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> It's a big national park in China.
> 
>   There are somewhat similar rock formations in Thailand, such as:

And Scotland... (No, I don't have any pictures. But sea stacks exist in 
lots of places around the world.)

And then there's Monument Valley in the USA:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_valley

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Kenneth wrote:
> I can't even imagine how much work went into that.

I was amused at the digital artists complaining they don't have a union and 
don't get any credit.  "Heck, we come after Craft Services in the credits!"


(Craft Services caters food to the actors on scene, for those who might not 
be familiar with the term.)

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   but to different destinations.

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Bill Pragnell wrote:
> There's something slightly odd about the feel of the images tho, they look
> almost cg or even watercolour in places. Did you use any sharpening or selective
> blur filters on them? I sometimes get this effect if I'm trying to remove noise.

I probably did some "fade reduction" to cut down on the fog, yeah.

It's funny because people say "you took that *exact* same picture! How cool 
is that?"  What one might not realize is the picture is taken from a 
five-foot wide balcony sticking out of the side of a cliff face. *Everyone* 
without wings takes the same photo.

> Where are the dragons? ;-)

Trust me. China does not want for dragons, even stone ones.

http://darren.s3.amazonaws.com/China/10.jpg
http://darren.s3.amazonaws.com/China/11.jpg
http://darren.s3.amazonaws.com/China/12.jpg
http://darren.s3.amazonaws.com/China/13.jpg

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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Yes, we're traveling together,
   but to different destinations.

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