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> If anyone of you has an interest in a wallpaper rendering at a resolution of
> 1920*1080 of this picture (the tale of the magpie and the diamond cuckoo) please
> tell me here. I render it for my own collection (now at 87%, after more than 23
> days). It should be complete next week. I will post it, if anyone is interested.
>
> Best regards,
> Michael
Despite the fact that no one requested this image I will share it here. I really
like it. With the bigger resolution you will find all the flaws better but I
think it's still fine. Not an owl but I like all kind of birds, especially the
pair of magpies who beated me in building a nest, some 20 meters away from my
window.
Best regards,
Michael
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From: Jaime Vives Piqueres
Subject: Re: Texturing the Stone of Orlov or the Great Mogul Diamond
Date: 17 Oct 2012 13:01:03
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On 17/10/12 18:24, MichaelJF wrote:
> Despite the fact that no one requested this image...
Who cares if the image is so nice?
> [...] Not an owl but I like all kind of birds, especially the pair of
> magpies who beated me in building a nest, some 20 meters away from
> my window.
>
I hope you mean they built their real nest before you managed to build
your virtual one (I've problems differentiating the multiple meanings of
"beating"... ;).
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Jaime
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> I hope you mean they built their real nest before you managed to build
> your virtual one (I've problems differentiating the multiple meanings of
> "beating"... ;).
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> --
> Jaime
Yes, the original magpies in the front of my window were faster. They had their
hatchlings flying before I finished my model. But I like them, like all birds.
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Michel
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"MichaelJF" wrote:
> Despite the fact that no one requested this image I will share it here. I really
> like it. With the bigger resolution you will find all the flaws better but I
> think it's still fine. Not an owl but I like all kind of birds, especially the
> pair of magpies who beated me in building a nest, some 20 meters away from my
> window.
Thank you for posting it; it's lovely.
Personally, I found it more visually engaging as it opened originally in my
browser: cropped somewhat to the lower-left part of the image, with the Stone
near the bottom-right corner.
Please keep up the great work!
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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: Texturing the Stone of Orlov or the Great Mogul Diamond
Date: 18 Oct 2012 03:53:26
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On 17-10-2012 18:24, MichaelJF wrote:
> Despite the fact that no one requested this image I will share it here. I really
> like it. With the bigger resolution you will find all the flaws better but I
> think it's still fine. Not an owl but I like all kind of birds, especially the
> pair of magpies who beated me in building a nest, some 20 meters away from my
> window.
...meaning that magpies are smarter than you (in building nests)? ;-)
I love this scene!
Thomas
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> ...meaning that magpies are smarter than you (in building nests)? ;-)
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> I love this scene!
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> Thomas
Thank you and waggy and Jaime and all the others. Yes, magpies are smart birds
and with building nests they are professionals and not hobbyists like me. To
waggy: I preferred a centered scene in this case, but the browser yielded an
clipping to a more golden mean position of the main objects. This really could
improve the scene, but since the rendering time was over 24 days for this
picture at a core i7 - due to the focal blur, the media and other time consuming
issues - I will not take an other approach. Thank you again for your comments.
Best regards,
Michael
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