Looks like there might be a blur behind the exhaust on the original.  I
would expect to see some
heat from the engines creating heat disturbance of some kind.  Still you are
amazing as always.

"Gilles Tran" <git### [at] wanadoofr> wrote in message
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> Just one of these little exercises,without much ambition but always
> interesting to do because of what it makes you learn in the process.
> The original is there :
> http://www.aerospaceweb.org/aircraft/fighter/f18/f18_17.jpg
>
> The model was downloaded from (???) and slightly enhanced with Rhino.
> The background is made with Terragen with little or no post process (I
just
> blurred the horizon line). There was a lot of tweaking involved but
there's
> a lot of default parameters too. The whole Terragen panorama (front image
> but also the side and background) was put in Povray and then radiosity, a
> regular "sun"  and a little bit of back lighting was used. The final
result
> was slightly post-processed (tone tweaking and several cycles of gaussian
> blur/sharpening) to try to get a photo feel.
> The interesting part of course is what is missing from the original photo,
> like the too sharp sun corona and the wrong reflection of the sun.
>
> G.
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Xplo Eristotle wrote:

> And the blurry cone-shaped area behind the jet, from the exhaust.
> 
> Looks like it could use a little desaturation and some noise (a very 
> small amount, and particularly in the darker areas) to dirty up the 
> picture, both of which would easily be added in post-processing, but 
> there's definitely something AWSUM about this pic.


Ditto.  :)


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Amazing.

Other than the sun disk, I actually think this looks 'more real than real'.

I think this is because I have blue eyes, so 'sunset' always makes things
seem slightly 'sharper' to me - as I can finally see objects without
squinting.  SO ... your plane is sharper than the original so it puts me in
the mood of sunset better.

I agree with everyone else on the jet exhaust, although the original exhaust
is pretty subtle.

I'm working on a tank track plug in for Moray so I've quit working on the
heat shimmer thing, but it looks like several of us are or could be fiddling
with heat shimmer.

                  == John ==


"Gilles Tran" <git### [at] wanadoofr> wrote in message
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> Just one of these little exercises,without much ambition but always
> interesting to do because of what it makes you learn in the process.
> The original is there :
> http://www.aerospaceweb.org/aircraft/fighter/f18/f18_17.jpg
>
> The model was downloaded from (???) and slightly enhanced with Rhino.
> The background is made with Terragen with little or no post process (I
just
> blurred the horizon line). There was a lot of tweaking involved but
there's
> a lot of default parameters too. The whole Terragen panorama (front image
> but also the side and background) was put in Povray and then radiosity, a
> regular "sun"  and a little bit of back lighting was used. The final
result
> was slightly post-processed (tone tweaking and several cycles of gaussian
> blur/sharpening) to try to get a photo feel.
> The interesting part of course is what is missing from the original photo,
> like the too sharp sun corona and the wrong reflection of the sun.
>
> G.
>
>
> --
> **********************
> http://www.oyonale.com
> **********************
> - Graphic experiments
> - POV-Ray and Poser computer images
> - Posters
>
>
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>

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How did you do the engine-flames?

"Gilles Tran" <git### [at] wanadoofr> schreef in bericht
news:3d51a42c@news.povray.org...
> Just one of these little exercises,without much ambition but always
> interesting to do because of what it makes you learn in the process.
> The original is there :
> http://www.aerospaceweb.org/aircraft/fighter/f18/f18_17.jpg
>
> The model was downloaded from (???) and slightly enhanced with Rhino.
> The background is made with Terragen with little or no post process (I
just
> blurred the horizon line). There was a lot of tweaking involved but
there's
> a lot of default parameters too. The whole Terragen panorama (front image
> but also the side and background) was put in Povray and then radiosity, a
> regular "sun"  and a little bit of back lighting was used. The final
result
> was slightly post-processed (tone tweaking and several cycles of gaussian
> blur/sharpening) to try to get a photo feel.
> The interesting part of course is what is missing from the original photo,
> like the too sharp sun corona and the wrong reflection of the sun.
>
> G.
>
>
> --
> **********************
> http://www.oyonale.com
> **********************
> - Graphic experiments
> - POV-Ray and Poser computer images
> - Posters
>
>
>
>

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