Le Phare du Bout du Monde by Michael_C
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Description
The lighthouse at the end of the world. I was looking for remoteness and a maybe a little loneliness, but nothing particularly harsh. The tree and shrubs hint of a wooded area just out of the view, but it is definetly not Spring. I think there are a few things going on, if you look for them. The lighthouse keeper must see many sunsets; he's going back inside and the sun isn't quite set. Maybe it's time to turn on the light. The cat appears to have interest in the gulls who may be interested in what the pelican has caught. The pelicans, probably a pair, appear to care less. Off to the side the two small shore birds may be having an altercation, although the sandpiper is so samll, it's hard to make out.
The sea and sky are Rubicon Digital's Poser Ocean, using a photo by Lily Hydrangea. Poser Ocean is a very versatile set and doesn't take an inordinate time to render. I've been using it more and more. The beach is from the DMK Pier 1 set. It looks good and again, doesn't take forever to render. The tree is the Scots Pine and the brush Lisa's Botanicals - Dead Bushes, both from DAZ. The keeper is M4 wearing the Edwardian Casual Suit from DAZ. The gulls are by Digital I, the pelicans are from Content Paradise, and the shorebirds are the Greater Yellowlegs and Least Sandpiper from the Songbird Remix - Shorebirds 3 set from DAZ. And Zo�« is the Millennium cat.
I post-processed the final render in Photoshop with AdamWright's Pen and Paint Art Action resulting in a very vivid image.
Comments (5)
mininessie
sooo good!!!!
Ken _Gilliland
nicely done!
Art_Sorcery
Beautiful! How did you make the sunset sky and the sand beach in Poser? I looked at the products you listed but they don't look like they would do it.
Michael_C
Art_, I forgot to include the light set from "Waves on the Beach" (DAZ) in the explanation above. That's key to the coloring in the image. I set up the scene so that the main sun light was positioned in the direction of the sun in the sunset image. The sand is simply the beach from Pier 01. The stones under the lighthouse would be below the pier in that set. The Poser Ocean uses ray tracing. When the sunset image is loaded in the Poser Ocean backdrop, the water surface picks up the sky and colors. It takes a lot of trial and error to get the lighting and backdrop refelction right. The Art Actions post processing emphasized the coloring in the posted image. The original is the same, except not so intense.
Eromanric
This is so cool! Nicely done!