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Placing fifth overall, this image also won honorable mention for "Concept,
Originality, Interpretation of Theme."
I'm afraid I have to take back what I wrote in the comments file, "so many
similarly colored shiny objects overpowers the image a bit." What I
considered a weakness I now feel is the image's strongest feature (good
evidence not to take my comments too seriously).
The gears are beautiful; I can almost see them moving and hear the ticking
and grinding. The camera body is possibly too reflective, and the darker
objects are a little flat, but I don't know what the actual hardware looks
like. And my prejudice against flat textures probably led me astray in the
first place.
Great perspective and staging, and a wonderful concept.
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This picture shares a graphical elegance with the movie set it depicts.
It has a starkness, a spareness of means, and a compositional
sureness. There is raytraced cleanliness: the textures are simple, the
modelling geometric. Most of the scene is black and white; the movie
camera, chair, cane, and spotlight, showing muted browns, provide the
only accenting color. A rectangular camera case and director's chair in
the foreground is aligned with a backdrop of gridded window panels and
stageset structures. Framed among and between is a riot of cylinders:
cylinders fringed with gear sprockets, cylinders aligned on curves,
cylinders containing gauges or movie film, cylinders lit by cylindrical
spotlights. Dark occludes light, set against dark, in front of more light.
The layers of artifice become reflexive in the movie set. It is a model
within a model, a composition within a composition, style within style,
technology depicting technology.
The meaning is intended to be ironic, that while technology in the
general sense characterizes modern times, any particular technology
automatically becomes dated, at least as dated as a movie it might have
filmed.
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Renderdog wrote:
>Placing fifth overall, this image also won honorable mention for "Concept,
>Originality, Interpretation of Theme."
This was my top pick, I thought it was artistically & technically superb,
and the concept nailed the topic perfectly.
>I'm afraid I have to take back what I wrote in the comments file, "so many
>similarly colored shiny objects overpowers the image a bit." What I
>considered a weakness I now feel is the image's strongest feature (good
>evidence not to take my comments too seriously).
This set me back at first also, but the more I looked at it the more I
decided that they added to the highly contrasting blend of shapes and
colors. And that high contrast was integral to the image, both artistically
and conceptually.
>The gears are beautiful; I can almost see them moving and hear the ticking
>and grinding.
Yes, they draw the eye into the image, projecting purpose & motion without
actually defining either.
The lighting is also excellent, bringing out a lot of detail and depth
without leaving shadows that might detract.
>Great perspective and staging, and a wonderful concept.
Great image!
RG
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web.3e8af5197374512a7ba9929f0@news.povray.org...
> Placing fifth overall, this image also won honorable mention for "Concept,
> Originality, Interpretation of Theme."
As I said before, this was one of my two favorite images.
Modelling is great. The use of contrast between black & white
in all the image, except for the camera, the chair, and the cane
has been a very good idea.
The lightning is correct.
The concept is simply fantastic (Modern Times for Old Tech).
I like the fact that the image doesn't try to be photorealistic.
A beautiful tribute to Chaplin.
A beautiful image to enjoy.
Bye
Txemi Jendrix
http://www.txemijendrix.com
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"Renderdog" <slo### [at] hiwaay net> wrote in message
news:web.3e8af5197374512a7ba9929f0@news.povray.org...
| Placing fifth overall, this image also won honorable mention for
"Concept,
| Originality, Interpretation of Theme."
By far my favorite picture from this round. The textures on the camera
look really cg, but other than that there is no single improvement I
could imagine. The scene is perfect. This is one of only a few pictures
I have seen in the IRTC which I consider suitable for display in my
home. Incredible geometry. I'm honestly awed by this one.
-Shay
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