Galileo's Moons by theSea
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Four Hundred Years ago today, January 7, 1610 Galileo first observed '4 fixed stars' surrounding Jupiter.. the rest is history.
I had the nice scale model of the Jovian system sitting around from "Discovery's Fate" and I felt like making an homage.
DAZ Studio render.. Seperate passes for Diffuse and specular were composited in Photoshop against a starfield rendered in POV-ray.
Europa is in the foreground, with Io clearly visible against Jupiter and Ganymede and Callisto in the background.
See the text on "Discovery's Fate" for more details on the scene.
As always I appreciate your comments and input on my work.
As always I appreciate your comments and input on my work.
Comments (16)
Savage_dragon
Cool. ")
Tholian
Excellent commemoration.
dragonmuse
Nicely laid out.. and very nice way to remember a man of such historical note.
geirla
A great tribute. Nice moons and planet, and I really like the starfield.
PhilW
Lovely image - I like that it is accurate and that the background starfield is not overdone! Beautiful work!
JOELGLAINE
Kick ass work! A great send up of a historical point in time of an important discovery. You did good.
Cimaira
Fantastic scene
Seaview123
Yes, an excellent tribute to a hero of the scientific community.
scifibabe
Excellent space scene and Jupiter looks awesome. Nice composition and lighting. Really cool.
LemyD
Just like your first Jupiter render, an awesome picture. Fantastic work. Greetings Lemy
anitalee
Nice work
kobaltkween
i'm always late to the party, because it takes me time to think about and take in your image. in my opinion, it absolutely needs to be seen "full size" (in quotes because i'm betting you rendered larger than we can see it at here). you lose important detail at default size, but that's not what struck me most. Jupiter doesn't quite dominate the image in the Rendo auto-shrunk version the way it does in the orginal. in the larger version, Jupiter seems more luminous to me and its texture seems more interesting. i think i like this composition just as much as the previous image you linked to. the only element that stands out to me is the white spot on the big grey moon in the foreground. it looks like a highlight, even though i'm guessing it's not, which makes that moon look a little more like the 3d sphere it actually is than the moon it represents. everything else seems perfect to me. i especially like the star field. the subtlety of the to background moons is a nice touch.
swjkie100
I was going to say the same thing that Cobalt said, although when viewed at full size, Europa's specular does look a lot better. It definitely is important to view at full size -_^ To me, Jupiter seems to be the star of the show in this image, despite being in the background. Then again, it is hard for Jupiter to not steal the show. Its texture here is bang-on!
ontar1
Fantastic idea and presentation, outstanding work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chaosphoto
There is something about this kind of art I really love and I love this one
arcas
Zow, what a great pano. I love the view you've chosen and the sense of depth in the cloud deck.