I personally think it is absolutely fantastic...

and more importantly, I am in awe of your skills. I would like to have your babies! drac

wow, very nice effect! The colors are brilliant as well

Wow. Way cool. Teally nicely done. And such a terrificly original use of the thingy too. I can't find anything I would change.

BRholte: Look, I'm sorry, but I just don't see it. It's a great piece, no doubt about it, but it doesn't say Nothern Lights to me. I see the moon, a starry sky, the horizon, trees and clouds! I could be missing something of course, and if I am, my apologies........... The Bryster

thanks all for the comments. And Bryster, sorry man. did my best.

Great work brholte.

Looks really good to me and don't worry about it Bryster all you need are thicker glasses.............8) Catlin What was it parents used to say would make you go blind? LOL

BRHolte: Don't let me depress you.....I don't mean to rain on your parade.....I just call it like I see it... The Bryster

Catlin: Behave! I don't live that far from you! ;-)

I've never seen the northern lights in person myself, but this looks damn good to me. :-) I really like the way the entire sky turned out; from the yellows and oranges at the horizon, to the stars and moon above. ...not to mention the northern lights.

Bryster, perhaps we could meet up for a drink sometime and discuss things like Bryce, Poser, render times, and failing eyesight. 8) Catlin

all i can say is WOW, i wish i had your skills though one thing: the northern light is a bit "wavey", and it doesn't look that wavey to me, maybe you could make it more...(you guessed it :P ) wavey ;)

Hold on a second. I think this is WAY too much post-work. I mean, I thought bryce only meant....bryce...only. Lol, you all seem to be gawking too much and not reading. But anyway, whatever, Im not going to try and stop you.

LOL! Bryster, no offense taken. I am hoping for AgentSmith or rj001 to tell me if I am breaking the rules so I still have time to try the image again... By the way, Catlin and Bryster needs to settle down a little ;)

Catlin: I do believe you're chatting me up! And I have no idea what you look like! :-?

Have a look in the thread with all the pictures. I posted a pic of myself last night. 8) Catlin

which thread is that????

I think it's called "Here's looking at you" or something similar. It was started by Orbital so you could do a search on his name to find it. Catlin

cool. I'll be in there sometime tonight.

Beautiful pic (and yes, the Northern Lights DO sorta look like that), but I gotta agree with Sparr on this one: too much postwork. This should be entered in the Photoshop forum, not the Bryce. My 2 cents.

Catlin is a bit of a fox btw!!!!! I'm not saying which bit though........;-)

You are getting too cheeky Bryster.............8)

Wow, this would be an extremely difficult effect to do without post-work. Trying to boolean this shape out of multiple volumetric shapes would be something I would not really attempt inside of Bryce, I would opt for post-work myself. And, I know this month's challenge calls for minimal postwork. But...I suppose you could render those clouds on a black background, manipulate that in Photoshop, and then use that on a plane back in Bryce. Sure, that's more "pre-work" than post-work. But, can anyone else accomplish this with Bryce alone? I mean if anyone knows of a tutorial or can make one... re:TheBryster - I see what he may be referring to. The majority of pics we see of the nothern lights are the really broad, dramatic colored ones. This one would be more muted, more subtle compared to the stereotypical bright/dramatic ones we mostly see. Post work or not, beautiful work! AgentSmith

I'll see what I can do for a less postworked image. If not... I guess the voters will have to decide. Thanks all.

AS: You're right of course. The lights I've seen were curtains (mainly red)and a lot more intense re; the stereotypical..... I don't want to take anything away from BRHolte's work. I'ts just that sometimes what's on one monitor doesn't show up on another...... Catlin: You foxy thing you....I'm always cheeky, but you're the one asking me out for a drink.....XXXXXXX

Curtains, lol. Perfect analogy for them. AS

Bryster, my partner has been watching these posts with great interest, (he's a member here too), and he says if we don't stop flirting he will invade England..............LOL 8) Catlin

One radial light if by land, Two radial lights if by sea...

Catlin: Let him come! I'll lose him in the bogs of England. Frankly, I'm hurt! I didn't know you had a partner...and there was you chatting ME up! He's probably a kilt-wearing whuss anyway.... XXX

Hey, a little more respect for kilt-wearing whusses TheBryster. At least they have the courage to wear a skirt.

Rayraz: They wear skirts 'cos they can't handle trouser zips!!!! They keep getting their thingy caught! The Bryster

Might mean their thingy is bigger then yours...

Rayraz: Oh I get my thingy caught all the time!

Nothing a little plastic surgery won't solve :P

Oh it's much tougher than that!

Maybe you should buy bigger trousers then.

Nah! The bulge impresses the women!

Doesn't seem to have worked on Catlin.

She hasn't seen it............yet!

Showing it wouldn't be very tactical. Plus it doesn't seem to fit with solution number 6.

I didn't say I was going to flash it at her........ As for number 6......that thread has gone to the whatsits... I'll just hide in my corner and sulk for a while....

Don't want any flashers in here. Glad you reconsidered. Let's end this kind of useless conversation.

Hurrummph! (sits in the corner and sulks)