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From: Ive
Subject: Swan Lake
Date: 1 Mar 2011 23:22:24
Message: <4d6dc600@news.povray.org>
I had the idea for this little scene before I did watch "Black Swan" - I 
swear - but actually I made the scene while viewing the Oscar night. So 
well, kind of tribute to Academy Award winner Natalie Portman ;)

-Ive


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From: clipka
Subject: Re: Swan Lake
Date: 2 Mar 2011 00:20:39
Message: <4d6dd3a7$1@news.povray.org>
Am 02.03.2011 05:22, schrieb Ive:
> I had the idea for this little scene before I did watch "Black Swan" - I
> swear - but actually I made the scene while viewing the Oscar night. So
> well, kind of tribute to Academy Award winner Natalie Portman ;)

Very, /very/ beautiful!


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From: Paolo Gibellini
Subject: Re: Swan Lake
Date: 2 Mar 2011 03:35:05
Message: <4d6e0139$1@news.povray.org>
>Ive  on date 02/03/2011 05:22 wrote:
> I had the idea for this little scene before I did watch "Black Swan" - I
> swear - but actually I made the scene while viewing the Oscar night. So
> well, kind of tribute to Academy Award winner Natalie Portman ;)
>
> -Ive
Impressive!
Paolo


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From: Bill Pragnell
Subject: Re: Swan Lake
Date: 2 Mar 2011 04:10:01
Message: <web.4d6e086943794d846dd25f0b0@news.povray.org>
Ive <ive### [at] lilysoftorg> wrote:
> I had the idea for this little scene before I did watch "Black Swan" - I
> swear - but actually I made the scene while viewing the Oscar night. So
> well, kind of tribute to Academy Award winner Natalie Portman ;)

Lovely. I especially like the worn marble floor, very natural.


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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: Swan Lake
Date: 2 Mar 2011 11:11:37
Message: <4d6e6c39$1@news.povray.org>
plain froggin' beautiful. :)

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From: Robert McGregor
Subject: Re: Swan Lake
Date: 2 Mar 2011 15:00:01
Message: <web.4d6ea1b143794d8486ff1d480@news.povray.org>
Ive <ive### [at] lilysoftorg> wrote:
> I had the idea for this little scene before I did watch "Black Swan" - I
> swear - but actually I made the scene while viewing the Oscar night. So
> well, kind of tribute to Academy Award winner Natalie Portman ;)
>
> -Ive

Beautiful work as always, Ive!


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From: clipka
Subject: Re: Swan Lake
Date: 2 Mar 2011 19:29:24
Message: <4d6ee0e4$1@news.povray.org>
Am 02.03.2011 20:59, schrieb Robert McGregor:

> Beautiful work as always, Ive!

I disagree: This /not/ just beautiful as always - it's even beyond that :-)


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From: Jaime Vives Piqueres
Subject: Re: Swan Lake
Date: 3 Mar 2011 10:32:22
Message: <4d6fb486@news.povray.org>

> Am 02.03.2011 20:59, schrieb Robert McGregor:
>
>> Beautiful work as always, Ive!
>
> I disagree: This /not/ just beautiful as always - it's even beyond that :-)

   I think it's even a bit further ahead, if that is possible... ;)

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From: Trevor G Quayle
Subject: Re: Swan Lake
Date: 3 Mar 2011 11:20:00
Message: <web.4d6fbf9143794d8481c811d20@news.povray.org>
Ive <ive### [at] lilysoftorg> wrote:
> I had the idea for this little scene before I did watch "Black Swan" - I
> swear - but actually I made the scene while viewing the Oscar night. So
> well, kind of tribute to Academy Award winner Natalie Portman ;)
>
> -Ive

As others have noted, fantastic.

There appears to be some light bloom at the bright highlights.  Was this
post-processed in, or an added (beneficial) effect from the focal blur?

There is one subtle touch you may look at adding (or maybe you have and I can't
notice..).  It appears as if the mirror is a mirrored surface, whereas mirrors
of this type are usually glass mirrors.  Mayber try adding a thin glass layer
between your mirroed surface and the swans, this can add two subtle effects
depending on the viewing angle: the reflection can get attenuated a bit and even
coloured slightly by the glass colour, and there will be a fainter, second
reflection on the glass surface.

-tgq


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From: Ive
Subject: Re: Swan Lake
Date: 3 Mar 2011 12:40:00
Message: <4d6fd270$1@news.povray.org>
Am 03.03.2011 17:19, schrieb Trevor G Quayle:
> Ive<ive### [at] lilysoftorg>  wrote:
>> I had the idea for this little scene before I did watch "Black Swan" - I
>> swear - but actually I made the scene while viewing the Oscar night. So
>> well, kind of tribute to Academy Award winner Natalie Portman ;)
>>
>> -Ive
>
> As others have noted, fantastic.
>
> There appears to be some light bloom at the bright highlights.  Was this
> post-processed in, or an added (beneficial) effect from the focal blur?
>
in this case it just happened as a nice side effect from the focal blur, 
but in the past I did also use media containers for the whole scene (no 
need to mention that this sky-rockets the render time) and also simple 
post work by using filter functions of an image processing library I 
once did develop as my day-pay-job.


> There is one subtle touch you may look at adding (or maybe you have and I can't
> notice..).
;)

> It appears as if the mirror is a mirrored surface, whereas mirrors
> of this type are usually glass mirrors.  Mayber try adding a thin glass layer
> between your mirroed surface and the swans, this can add two subtle effects
> depending on the viewing angle: the reflection can get attenuated a bit and even
> coloured slightly by the glass colour, and there will be a fainter, second
> reflection on the glass surface.
>
well, this is exactly what I did and it makes a huge difference compared 
to some simple reflective surface. It is a piece of glass (with fresnel 
reflection and all) and on its back side is a thin layer of silver.
You'll notice it if you look e.g. at the reflection of the upper wings 
of the black swan.

thank you very much for your comments
-Ive


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