Afishionado wrote:
> Come on, surely someone can find *something* to nitpick. ;-)
> 
> William
> 
It is an interesting concept but the image itself is not very 
interesting to look at as is.  The lowtoned saturated colors look murky 
and deny us details of the landscape.  The intention is evidently to 
increase the sense of the glowing enclosed saddle and shift focus to it 
but there isn't enough to really hold our interest there either.

The suggestion that the setting is alien gives a lot of license to 
change the look of things but like Thomas notes some of your elements 
are just too unlikely.  The planet apparently has atmosphere and 
vegetation yet the surface is absolutely tabletop flat and uniformly 
featureless?  Not likely.  Especially since the material receives 
footprints.

The whole interest in depicting an alien setting is to gives details of 
its strangeness.  If it is a barren landscape dotted with curious plants 
we probably want a better look at those plants.  Same with the surface. 
   The usual appeal of a low raking light is that it will dramatize the 
surface texture.  So the texture of the surface will play a huge role in 
the picture.

I took your image, reduced its size, increased the contrast and increase 
the intensity of the red channel a bit.

Post a reply to this message

Attachments:
Download 'aliendesert3.jpg' (86 KB)

Preview of image 'aliendesert3.jpg'