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On 02/02/2014 07:08 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 2-2-2014 10:06, s.day wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Made a few changes to the layout of this scene as I was not happy with
>> the
>> composition of the previous one.
>>
>> Still planning on adding a few more shells on the ground and some
>> seaweed (the
>> latter is causing me problems though).
>>
>> Also may change the big stone on the left at the front and not too
>> sure about
>> the barnacles (they look a bit like a flock of seaguls have left a
>> deposit on
>> the rocks.)
>>
>
> Wow! This is almost photographic.
agreed ... nice job with the lighting
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"s.day" <s.d### [at] uel ac uk> wrote:
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>(the latter is causing me problems though).
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Why? Star created, and seaweed you can't?
I liked the picture.
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James Holsenback wrote:
> On 02/02/2014 07:08 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>> Wow! This is almost photographic.
>
> agreed ... nice job with the lighting
>
Thanks James/Thomas, still have a few tweaks to make, considering most
of the scene is isosurface based it does not take too long to render either.
Sean
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LanuHum wrote:
> "s.day" <s.d### [at] uel ac uk> wrote:
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>> (the latter is causing me problems though).
>>
>
> Why? Star created, and seaweed you can't?
> I liked the picture.
>
>
>
>
Thanks, I am trying to write a macro to create the seaweed, everything
in the scene is made with the Povray SDL so no external modellers. The
starfish and limpets/barnacles are blobs, everything else is made from
isosurfaces (except the water which is a box).
So far all my attempts at seaweed have not looked so good.
Sean
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Sean Day <s.d### [at] uel ac uk> wrote:
> LanuHum wrote:
> > "s.day" <s.d### [at] uel ac uk> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> (the latter is causing me problems though).
> >>
> >
> > Why? Star created, and seaweed you can't?
> > I liked the picture.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> Thanks, I am trying to write a macro to create the seaweed, everything
> in the scene is made with the Povray SDL so no external modellers. The
> starfish and limpets/barnacles are blobs, everything else is made from
> isosurfaces (except the water which is a box).
>
> So far all my attempts at seaweed have not looked so good.
>
> Sean
First: the image is wonderful, really wonderful. But I wonder a bit about the
seaweed. The scene must be at a beach. Is there seaweed so close to the beach?
My last visits to a beach is years ago and there is not much seaweed between the
mainland and the islands at East Frisia, where my sister lives. From experiences
long ago I ever had the impression that seaweed grows only in deeper areas
covered by water independend of the tides. But I may be wrong with that. My next
experience with beaches will be during my holydays this summer, but after the
contest, at a place called Mevagissey. I propose that you take a look at an
other very beautiful beach scene published within the irtc June 2005 titled
"wreck" by an author you should know.
Best regards,
Michael
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> Sean Day <s.d### [at] uel ac uk> wrote:
>> LanuHum wrote:
>>> "s.day" <s.d### [at] uel ac uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> (the latter is causing me problems though).
>>>>
>>>
>>> Why? Star created, and seaweed you can't?
>>> I liked the picture.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Thanks, I am trying to write a macro to create the seaweed, everything
>> in the scene is made with the Povray SDL so no external modellers. The
>> starfish and limpets/barnacles are blobs, everything else is made from
>> isosurfaces (except the water which is a box).
>>
>> So far all my attempts at seaweed have not looked so good.
>>
>> Sean
>
> First: the image is wonderful, really wonderful. But I wonder a bit about the
> seaweed. The scene must be at a beach. Is there seaweed so close to the beach?
> My last visits to a beach is years ago and there is not much seaweed between the
> mainland and the islands at East Frisia, where my sister lives. From experiences
> long ago I ever had the impression that seaweed grows only in deeper areas
> covered by water independend of the tides. But I may be wrong with that. My next
> experience with beaches will be during my holydays this summer, but after the
> contest, at a place called Mevagissey. I propose that you take a look at an
> other very beautiful beach scene published within the irtc June 2005 titled
> "wreck" by an author you should know.
>
> Best regards,
> Michael
>
>
Sea weeds grow in relatively shallow water and is often exposed during
low tides. They are realy large algaes.
It also tend to grow on large rocky formations, especialy in areas
affected by the tides. I remember a low tide rocky "island" that was
totaly covered by a thick blanket of sea weeds. The only way of walking
in it was bare foot. Otherwise, it was just to slippery.
In deeper water where tides are not a factor and with low currents, it
may grow on softer surfaces like sand or mud.
Here, we have mostly sand with several, relatively small, rocks. It's
not a place that sea weeds like, you'd mostly see sea weeds fragments
floating in the water, if any.
In fresh water, you have submarine plants that roots in sand, mud and
clay, but those are not sea weeds. Those plants will quickly die in sea
water.
The two are often confounded. In fresh water, algaes are microscopic,
often unicellular, plants.
Alain
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"MichaelJF" <mi-### [at] t-online de> wrote:
> First: the image is wonderful, really wonderful. But I wonder a bit about the
> seaweed. The scene must be at a beach. Is there seaweed so close to the beach?
> My last visits to a beach is years ago and there is not much seaweed between the
> mainland and the islands at East Frisia, where my sister lives. From experiences
> long ago I ever had the impression that seaweed grows only in deeper areas
> covered by water independend of the tides. But I may be wrong with that. My next
> experience with beaches will be during my holydays this summer, but after the
> contest, at a place called Mevagissey. I propose that you take a look at an
> other very beautiful beach scene published within the irtc June 2005 titled
> "wreck" by an author you should know.
In the Virgin Islands, there is plenty of seaweed on some of the beaches,
growing in tidal areas (or on rocks, as Alain mentioned) or washed up on the
beach.
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On 02/02/2014 8:04 PM, Cousin Ricky wrote:
> In the Virgin Islands, there is plenty of seaweed on some of the beaches,
> growing in tidal areas (or on rocks, as Alain mentioned) or washed up on the
> beach.
That goes for the British Isles as well.
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Regards
Stephen
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"MichaelJF" <mi-### [at] t-online de> wrote:
> Sean Day <s.d### [at] uel ac uk> wrote:
> > LanuHum wrote:
> > > "s.day" <s.d### [at] uel ac uk> wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >> (the latter is causing me problems though).
> > >>
> > >
> > > Why? Star created, and seaweed you can't?
> > > I liked the picture.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Thanks, I am trying to write a macro to create the seaweed, everything
> > in the scene is made with the Povray SDL so no external modellers. The
> > starfish and limpets/barnacles are blobs, everything else is made from
> > isosurfaces (except the water which is a box).
> >
> > So far all my attempts at seaweed have not looked so good.
> >
> > Sean
>
> First: the image is wonderful, really wonderful. But I wonder a bit about the
> seaweed. The scene must be at a beach. Is there seaweed so close to the beach?
> My last visits to a beach is years ago and there is not much seaweed between the
> mainland and the islands at East Frisia, where my sister lives. From experiences
> long ago I ever had the impression that seaweed grows only in deeper areas
> covered by water independend of the tides. But I may be wrong with that. My next
> experience with beaches will be during my holydays this summer, but after the
> contest, at a place called Mevagissey. I propose that you take a look at an
> other very beautiful beach scene published within the irtc June 2005 titled
> "wreck" by an author you should know.
>
> Best regards,
> Michael
Where we live (central coast California), we have clumps and clumps of washed up
seaweed on oir beaches.
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MichaelJF wrote:
>
> First: the image is wonderful, really wonderful. But I wonder a bit about the
> seaweed. The scene must be at a beach. Is there seaweed so close to the beach?
> My last visits to a beach is years ago and there is not much seaweed between the
> mainland and the islands at East Frisia, where my sister lives. From experiences
> long ago I ever had the impression that seaweed grows only in deeper areas
> covered by water independend of the tides. But I may be wrong with that. My next
> experience with beaches will be during my holydays this summer, but after the
> contest, at a place called Mevagissey. I propose that you take a look at an
> other very beautiful beach scene published within the irtc June 2005 titled
> "wreck" by an author you should know.
>
> Best regards,
> Michael
>
>
Thanks Michael,
As so many have pointed out ;-) plenty of seaweed on the beaches around
the UK, I have seen many rock pools with sand/rocks and seaweed
especially on my many visits to Cornwall.
BTW, is that the Mevagissey you are visiting?
Not only did I look at the IRTC entry you mention I based my rock
texture on that image as well. I may credit the authour ;-)
Sean
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