I liked the concept of a free-floating city/station/whatever better.  The
ambiguity of its purpose (power station?, expensive hotel?, exploration of a
new planet?, ...) added intrigue and interest to the picture.  The fact that
it was the only man-made object in the scene with no outside attachments was
a good thing.

Besides, it seems to have lots of "docks" near the middle of the structure.

Perhaps you could have a small supply ship or shuttle coming to visit,
taking off, or just sitting around.  It could hover on a tether near the
widest point of the station if you didn't actually want it to sit on the
structure.

As always its fun to see what you can do (wish I knew how you do it :-)

"Geoff Wedig" <wed### [at] darwinepbicwruedu> wrote in message
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> H.E. Day <The### [at] hedayfreeserverscom> wrote:
>
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> > Well, I don't know if I like the docks.  I guess they're gonna need a
> > lot more detail 'for I'm happy.
> > The ever-annoying  "grey line" is gone.  Lots of little modifications
> > too.
> > Comments?
>
> I see you put back the clouds as well, or at least fiddled with them.
They
> look a little strange on the left, very solid fading to pale.  Interesting
> effect, but I'm not sure it works for me.
>
> One thing that definitely doesn't work is the dock.  It's too massive and
> too solid.  It also throws off the balance in the picture, although it
does
> help to scale the station.  Were you planning some kind of city scape on
it?
> That might help, but not much.  It seems to me that if they can build a
dock
> right on the top of the falls, why go to the trouble of building a
floating
> station, one that if ever those jets fail is going to be a rather
expensive
> blunder.  If the flying station is all there is, then there's an arguement
> that mobility was important.  Possibly a small dock, or several small
> structures that link on to the main structure in some way, with mooring
> lines to hold the station in place, but can themselves be moved when the
> station needs to relocate?
>
> Btw, don't think I mentioned it, but I really like the layer of algae on
the
> bottom of the station.  Definitely adds realism.
>
> Geoff

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