Thomas de Groot wrote:
> "nemesis" <nam### [at] gmailcom> schreef in bericht 
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>> That's certainly moody.
>>
>> Is that woman trying to pull an Obelix? ;)
> 
> The woman is about twelve years old, so she will not succeed... But yes, it 
> seems she has mischief in mind.
> 

Asterix comes to mind :)

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	Stephen

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> That's certainly moody.
> 
> Is that woman trying to pull an Obelix? ;)
> 
Obelix is a menhir (standing stone) carver who carries them in his hands 
for deliveries.
He would barely notice what that lady is doing, but would gladly play 
the game.

http://www.dbis.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/~michalek/obelix.gif


Alain

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Thanks to Ive and TerragenSky.inc, I rediscovered Terragen.

Thomas

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Thomas de Groot wrote:
> Thanks to Ive and TerragenSky.inc, I rediscovered Terragen.
> 
> Thomas
> 

Ha! Parallel shadows ;)

I may have to look at this too :)
Nice one!

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Just a first, wild *shot*, and you can say what you want, but I like this 
impressionistic render :-)

Using Edouard's 35mm camera macro.

Thomas

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Thomas de Groot wrote:
> Just a first, wild *shot*, and you can say what you want, but I like this 
> impressionistic render :-)
> 
> Using Edouard's 35mm camera macro.
> 
> Thomas
> 
> 
> 

Ergo I like this. :D


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"Thomas de Groot" <tDOTdegroot@interDOTnlANOTHERDOTnet> wrote:
> Just a first, wild *shot*, and you can say what you want, but I like this
> impressionistic render :-)
>
> Using Edouard's 35mm camera macro.
>
> Thomas

Yes, that's a nice effect Thomas, I like this!
I'm *really* going to have to start toying with some of Edouard's macros, I'm
missing out...

Rob

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"Robert McGregor" <rob### [at] mcgregorfineartcom> schreef in bericht 
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>
> Yes, that's a nice effect Thomas, I like this!
> I'm *really* going to have to start toying with some of Edouard's macros, 
> I'm
> missing out...
>

I have been raving for quite some time about photography and focal blur and 
such, never remembering those perfect little macros to just do what I rave 
about. Time has come I think to amend that. :-)

Thomas

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Thomas de Groot wrote:
> Just a first, wild *shot*, and you can say what you want, but I like this 
> impressionistic render :-)
> 

Me too, and just as a side note: meanwhile I do always use focal blur 
even when there is in fact no blurring visible at all (by using very 
small aperture) because compared to high quality AA settings focal blur 
gives better results in less time. Especially things like the wires in 
your image will even with insane AA settings render with 'gaps' but with 
fairly moderate FB settings they will show as thin lines as they should.

And for the (non-)parallel shadows. In the TC entry it looked to me like 
the shadow lines are merging at a point approximately at the tree line, 
and this seems too close and thus non-parallel shadows, but after 
thinking about it this might be an illusion and the problem seems to be 
(especially given the sun size) there should be no sharp shadows from 
the tree tops at all. In this respect your wip 3 shot looks perfect to 
me. But I did like the calm sky from your TC entry better than the more 
dramatic one you did make with Terragen - but thats just me ;)

-Ive

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"Ive" <"ive### [at] lilysoftorg"> schreef in bericht 
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> Me too, and just as a side note: meanwhile I do always use focal blur even 
> when there is in fact no blurring visible at all (by using very small 
> aperture) because compared to high quality AA settings focal blur gives 
> better results in less time. Especially things like the wires in your 
> image will even with insane AA settings render with 'gaps' but with fairly 
> moderate FB settings they will show as thin lines as they should.

I agree, as I slowly begin to realize the implications of focal blur. Call 
me stupid, but I always need *some*  time to adjust to a new world vision 
:-)
That said, I am currently experimenting with the different cameras and 
settings, and I am curious to see how the power lines are going to show in 
particular. Render time is certainly not prohibitive in relation to aa.

>
> And for the (non-)parallel shadows. In the TC entry it looked to me like 
> the shadow lines are merging at a point approximately at the tree line, 
> and this seems too close and thus non-parallel shadows, but after thinking 
> about it this might be an illusion and the problem seems to be (especially 
> given the sun size) there should be no sharp shadows from the tree tops at 
> all. In this respect your wip 3 shot looks perfect to me. But I did like 
> the calm sky from your TC entry better than the more dramatic one you did 
> make with Terragen - but thats just me ;)

Yes, I know what you mean. The sharp tree shadows in my first wip are mainly 
due to the use of a point light. An area light should replace it of course.

Thomas

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