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>      I haven't tried it with palm trees myself, but I have used this 
> method to make better looking olive trees. It works well for distance 
> shots.
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>     Or another idea would be to model a palm leaf yourself and add it onto 
> the trees, rotating them in the same direction as the cape. I think you 
> would only need three or four just to give the impression of wind.

Indeed. Indeed... I see that you have gone that track before, Steve!

>> There is some dust blowing behind the car and palms to the left. Still, 
>> this is something I am not entirely happy about.
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>     Ah, I see it. It's not too obvious though. Hmm, not really sure what 
> you could do to improve that, apart from maybe just intensify it around 
> the palm trunks?

Yes that would certainly be possible. The problem though is that by 
intensifying the dust media, the container becomes too apparent. I have been 
using code from Loki to achieve the media, maybe I should work on that a bit 
more. But as I said, this scene is on hold for the time being as other 
tantalizing things are profiling themselves above the POV horizon, like the 
new TC-RTC Challenge  :-) or should I say challenges?

>     Those Komodo's work well in this image, Thomas.

Yes, they do indeed. My first, really classic idea was to give the figure an 
eagle or other hunting bird. However, as I did not have one, I thought about 
the photograph I had seen somewhere of a man with a hyena on a leash, and 
that pointed to the Komodo dragon immediately.

Thomas

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