Added a little mud and toned down the lights. Working on some creatures
to inhabit the place.

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Looks great Buke!
I wonder of the darkness of this picture though, seems you think of the
mangrove trees as I do, in a fearful place sort of way :)
Looks like a mix of that Florida white sand and the brackish mud to me.
What would look better perhaps, being able to see those roots going
underwater, I can't tell if they already do or not. I was thinking of
the murky waters there are sometimes in such places, but there's also
the clear seawater areas too.

Buke wrote:
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> Added a little mud and toned down the lights. Working on some creatures
> to inhabit the place.
> 
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>  [Image]

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I like it.  Suggestion: Ground fog.

Steve

Bob Hughes wrote:
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> Looks great Buke!
> I wonder of the darkness of this picture though, seems you think of the
> mangrove trees as I do, in a fearful place sort of way :)
> Looks like a mix of that Florida white sand and the brackish mud to me.
> What would look better perhaps, being able to see those roots going
> underwater, I can't tell if they already do or not. I was thinking of
> the murky waters there are sometimes in such places, but there's also
> the clear seawater areas too.
> 
> Buke wrote:
> >
> > Added a little mud and toned down the lights. Working on some creatures
> > to inhabit the place.
> >
> >   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >  [Image]
> 
> --
>  omniVERSE: beyond the universe
>   http://members.aol.com/inversez/homepage.htm
>  mailto:inv### [at] aolcom?Subject=PoV-News

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These ones are really gnarled ! Love them. A little reflection could be useful
perhaps. And some swamp things, yes.
In the macro, I kept the recursion level for the roots at 2, since after all
roots are not to be seen (usually). If you want really a complex and gnarled
root system, you can make it  with another call to the tree macro (no leaves,
no roots), a lower recursion level and perhaps a wider starting angle, then
rotate it downwards and union it to the tree. In fact, many trees I made
during the tests looked more like roots than trees.

Gilles Tran

Buke wrote:

> Added a little mud and toned down the lights. Working on some creatures
> to inhabit the place.
>
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  [Image]

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