Eluthium - Waterfall II by thomaskrahn

Vue • (none) • posted on Nov 20, 2002

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My second waterfall image. This one was way harder to create than "Rauros" because of the camera-angle but, I think it turned out nicely. There are, though, some things I don't like so comments and helpful ideas would be appreciated :) Thanks for viewing :) -Thomas

Comments (35)

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cermit

5:20PM | Wed, 20 November 2002

wow..let me be the first..fantastic..one of the best waterfall pics I have ever seen. Mist effect - just amazing.congrats

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Tammy

5:59PM | Wed, 20 November 2002

I love your POV, the surrounding foliage and rock is fantastic. The only thing I might change is the water texture at the top of the falls. But Ive never been close enough to a beautiful waterfall to see the water at the top either :)

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linwhite

6:38PM | Wed, 20 November 2002

Oh man this is awesome. I'm not sure I'd mess with it to change a thing, but I sort of agree with Tammy that the water might need something...Maybe a plane covered with a pebble/rock texture under clearer water. The mist is just fantastic. The POV and all the other aspects are A+. I think this is actually one of the best I've seen...very real. You did great!!!

guitarzan

7:33PM | Wed, 20 November 2002

This is very good. I agree with the replies above about the water. maybe try using a foamy water material and give it some motion blur. I think that would give the impression that it is moving swiftly. overall this is one of the best waterfall pics I have seen.

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rds

7:56PM | Wed, 20 November 2002

Yikes! Another fantastic effort Thomas.

Sacred Rose

8:08PM | Wed, 20 November 2002

Excellent image! Did you use a combination of alpha planes or straight vue?

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sackrat

8:59PM | Wed, 20 November 2002

This is fantastic,.....the mist is excellent ! I agree with the others about the top water,...maybe a little more specularity and reflectivity,...I dunno. But once again the mist is superb. How do you do it ? I just tried to do an image with fog and heavy haze but failed miserably, I just began using Vue about 3 months ago and I love it, but as far as doing a misty scene like this,....I am vexed in the extreme. Good job, I look forward to your next image.

shred300

12:52AM | Thu, 21 November 2002

I like this a lot. excellent work here

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Bonker

4:14AM | Thu, 21 November 2002

Hi thomas, this is like your first waterfall extremly well done, most thing about the water has been said, so i was thinking of the texture of the rock closest to the camera, maby you could rotate the texture, iIm not sure if it would be better, but it feels kinda strange right now.. I hope you dont mind me saying this, since I know that not all like to get comments about possible improvments.

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TheWingedOne

4:25AM | Thu, 21 November 2002

Thomas, I have to agree with the others... This is one of the bestz waterfall images I've ever seen. About the water everything's been said, so I don't know what else could be improved besides this. Excellent work!!!

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Djeser

6:21AM | Thu, 21 November 2002

WOW! This is amazing. Textures are awesome, pov, mist, everything. Outstanding job.

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thomaskrahn

7:04AM | Thu, 21 November 2002

Thanks everybody :) I'm very glad you like. And Bonker... I'm very keen to hear helpful comments :) Sacred Rose : There's quite a lot of aplhaplanes in this image. A lot of the waterfall is alphaplanes :) I'm very gald you like it. I hope to make my waterfall nr. 3 even better by remembering all the comments :)

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Moebius87

7:33AM | Thu, 21 November 2002

I'm speechless... this is a powerful waterfall image. :o) Now what about doing a quiet waterfall next? :o)

Phlegm_Thrower

7:34AM | Thu, 21 November 2002

all right... Great POV and excellent textures on the boulders... now time to nitpick... 1st, the edge of the waterfall is still too straight Tom, maybe u should make it a bit curvy or irregular... second, the mist is a bit too high i think and like the others saidm it should be reflecting sunlight a bit more... and speaking of which, when the sunlight is refracted through a fine mist of water, a rainbow is created... at least that's wat i've seen in some of the waterfall i've seen... how would u make it? i'll leave it all up to u :P

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thomaskrahn

7:39AM | Thu, 21 November 2002

sigh... I'm not sure I'll ever get good enough to fix all your critic-points. I've been doing some research and many waterfalls are actually this straight... But i'll see if I can fix it next time :)

icedragon

9:00AM | Thu, 21 November 2002

WOW! Images like this inspire me to render, render, render - and maybe one day, in about 100 years, I might be half as good :) Well done!

mafenther

9:40AM | Thu, 21 November 2002

Tom...that looks great...but what is with the squiggly thing at the top of the pic?

FA-Q

9:42AM | Thu, 21 November 2002

This look even better than the last one you made...I like the bottom, right coner.. the rock and bush look col, great job with the water...

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thomaskrahn

9:42AM | Thu, 21 November 2002