Lone by ppetersen

Terragen • Atmosphere/Mood • posted on Apr 26, 2006

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Lone eagle The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), our national bird, is the only eagle unique to North America. The bald eagle's scientific name signifies a sea (halo) eagle (aeetos) with a white (leukos) head. At one time, the word "bald" meant "white," not hairless. Bald eagles are found over most of North America, from Alaska and Canada to northern Mexico. About half of the world's 70,000 bald eagles live in Alaska. Combined with British Columbia's population of about 20,000, the northwest coast of North America is by far their greatest stronghold for bald eagles. They flourish here in part because of the salmon. Dead or dying fish are an important food source for all bald eagles. ~~~~ Terrain, atmosphere and surfacing are mine. The eagle is a tube created by the wonderful Classylady, tons of thanks Carolyn. This was actually a 'test' surface, as I was trying to add Maydays tile to is, using settings sent to me by Choronr (I hope I spelt that right Bob) It didn't work well here in this one, but I plan on trying again. :) Terrain was created using Geo Control, again thanks to Cajomi for this program. I did it on top of some horrid terrain I had done previously with lots of 'polygons' and voila... My deepest thanks to everyone for your continued support and encouragement. Sorry for the lapse in comments here in TG, but I've been working on some of my sketches for an upcoming art show. (my 2d work ) Be well, As always, Pat

Comments (21)

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abreojos

7:33PM | Wed, 26 April 2006

Another beauty Pat. I am getting there with the strata inch by inch and one day just might render one like this.

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Ionel

8:30PM | Wed, 26 April 2006

Excellent picture, Pat! Very beautiful terrain and the sky is wonderful! Are Poly and Gon afraid of the bald eagle?

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ronwindham

8:48PM | Wed, 26 April 2006

outstanding work..........great lighting...

Dixiem47

9:50PM | Wed, 26 April 2006

Pat this has got to be one of your best.everything here is just outstanding.

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CatatonicCadaver

9:58PM | Wed, 26 April 2006

beautifully done! great info. on the eagles as well, they sure are a wonderful sight to see!

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wholehog

10:50PM | Wed, 26 April 2006

Wonderful shot Pat! Great surface and atmo...love the sunset! PW on the eagle is perfect...fits in beautifully!!

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Markal

11:42PM | Wed, 26 April 2006

The bird looks great...also love that ridgeline...excellent work!!

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Morgana61

11:55PM | Wed, 26 April 2006

Il terreno e' davvero stupendo, sembrano strata in rilievo...bellissima anche l'atmosfera. Wonderful work!

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Gunglejim

12:34AM | Thu, 27 April 2006

Another wonderful moody one with your atmos. Excellent terrain with the layers and stratas really like the way it turned out for you. The Bald Eagle was a nice addition, have several where I live along with Osprey. Well done.

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twistednoodle

1:34AM | Thu, 27 April 2006

Nice strata! Love the complex surfaces we can see up close - very nice. The atmo is first class I really like that.... Nice postwork too.

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choronr

2:14AM | Thu, 27 April 2006

A beautiful composition Pat. Regarding the overlays, try setting them up at a high camera setting; then, drop the camera height a little and look for the best POV.

cajomi

3:25AM | Thu, 27 April 2006

very moody render!

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RubyDancingmoon

5:39AM | Thu, 27 April 2006

Another winner Pat! Love the strata you used here. Still stuggling with that technique. Lighting and POV is great. One thing - did the eagle scare Poly & Gon away?

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