I was wondering if I could get some feedback on this. I'm sort of stuck with it, wondering if I should add something else, or stay where I am. I'm calling this "Ocean Replenished" and instinct says it's good as is, but I also have the urge to add something. I've thought about adding a masted sailing ship, the premise of that being on a voyage this field of spheres is discovered. Problem with that is a ship is outside my capabilities yet. The other thing I've thought about is some other-worldly flying things flitting around the spheres but that doesn't seem quite right. Does anyone have any ideas? I'd really appreciate the input! :o) Thanks! Susan

I think its perfect the way it is - but thats my opinion! the only thing i would do is maybe vary the heights more of each ball thingy I have a question for you ... how did you make such nice ripples and splashes please do tell roch222

Looks good as is. I agree with roch222 about height variations.

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Thanks for the feedback. I thought about the change in heights also but I was going for a large field of these things. I was hoping that moving them off into the distance would give the height variant but it didn't as much as I'd have liked. As far as the splashed, I followed the Peter Sharpe tutorial and used a variation for the splashes. The ripples are just symmetrical lattices, duplicated and enlarged to make them flow outward. I applied a standard glass material to them at first, but they didn't pick up the ocean look as well as I liked, so I finally used the same material as I did the ocean. That came out much better. Thanks again...I appreciate your opinions! :o) Susan

One of those let's get stoned and think about it picts. not that I get stoned you understand, but I'm gonna think about it . . . For some reason Bill Cosby and Noah come to mind . . . I wonder why ?

I think I might try putting a few random critters in a couple of the spheres...fish in one, maybe seahorses in another, coral, etc. It might change your original artistic intent too much ...but why not replenish EVERYTHING in ocean and not just the water? :) -Claymor

lol... bikermouse uuhh... what's a cubit?

About a foot and a half (the lenght from an average sized man's elbow to the tip of his . . . umm lets see . . . I used to know that )

I like the idea of this one... What you could do perhaps is to add some white water around the splashes. Maybe some volumetric clouds can do the trick so it doesn't look "too clean"? Also.. the ripples look a bit "square" where they intersect with the waterplane. A way you could fix this is to raise them slightly off the waterplane.. but then I'm sure you can look under the ripple, right? What I always do is raising the ripples slightly from the middle to the sides then you can make it appear more fluid

Great idea, you can almost hear the splashing. Oops, sorry I got to go, I take a diuretic for my blood pressure. :^) Like some of the others have already said, vary the level of objects. And maybe add a little more color to the sky?

You know, I'd thought about things in the spheres themselves but hadn't thought of that being part of the replenishing. I like that! :o) I'm also going to give a shot at making some whitewater around the splashes. I agree that that might give it a bit less static appearance. For the height thing, I think I'm going to try altering the view just a little so that one of the spheres is right in the front where only a part of it is in view. I'm hoping that'll give a better frame of reference of size and distance. Lordy, you all are great! :o) Susan

eelie, As Kylara says and the haze color should it be closer to either the cloud or water color - perhaps more of it, but don't haze or fog the scene too much - a certain amount of sharpness inhances this type of picture. Things inside - fishes? unicorns, mice, humanez or other air breathers might drown. Unique perspective, you should continue on this line of thought even after the contest, - TJ

I'd probably try a different sky. One of my favorite stock skys is "Fall Wedding". If you are going to add a model, I'd try either dolphins, whales, marlins or salmon leaping from the water. Or for more tranquil, try very large goldfish. I like this image a lot and may want to use it for a desktop sometime. :c)

bikermouse, what are you going to think about, the image or getting stoned?...;p

You might place another of these Leaky Sphere groups behind the camera so that its reflection can be seen in the foremost sphere. That should help to solidify the idea of a large field of these things. Very nice image BTW.

Like I say I don't get stoned, but I do have a beer once and a while . . . It's a good image - I'm thinking on it.

cubit- I believe that's the distance between fingertips, with arms outstretched

Hey I know Let's go ask Geep! bet he'd know what a cubit is.

big_hoovie that would be about a fathom (~ 6 feet) a cubit according to the dictionary is "A cubit is a unit of linear measure, from the elbow to the tip of the longest finger of a man."

Aldaron, I'm sute you're right on both counts . . . but I asked geep anyway about the cubit. If he doesn't think I'm just being lame his answer should be forthcoming. Don't be suprised if the answer is in Poser units though. That does bring up the question of the size of Bryce units . . . but I think that question has been answered before, somewhere. - TJ

Well there is no real world "size" for a Bryce unit. It's whatever you wish it to be, from a millimeter to an AU or lightyear. Whatever works for your scene :) Saying that, most Poser figures come in a 40.96 units tall (Y direction) for human shapes.

well, I guess I stand corrected =c)

Aldsron, Assuming a Poser figure to be 6' tall(as is the stock P4NM figure Dork), you could then scale a scene relative to 40.96 Bryce units being equal to 6 feet. As you say it's arbitrary, but you could do it. Inrerestingly enough, geep says that a cubit is from 17 to 21 inches. (I think that that is correct, but I can't think of where I would know that from.) Thanks for the info, - TJ

Aldaron sorry about the misspelling of your handle - I type hunt and peck a lot of times.