The Dixie Clipper - Queen of the Pacific by MollyFootman

Poser • Aviation • posted on Apr 04, 2022

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Description

Many hours left before reaching Hong Kong; hopefully the weather holds. Molly's art notes: Set up and rendered in Poser 12.0.757 using Superfly Cycles 2. Lighting is only from the "Above the Clouds" HDRI from Shaaramuse3D. Tweaked a bit for contrast and sharpness in Photoshop. The aircraft is the Transatlantic Clipper from Vanishing Point although I've put it into the sky of the Pacific. I used Poser people from Poser 2 (dorks XD ) as the crew. I did a very little bit of retexturing and did not have the energy to do what is really needed to make it a perfect product: the hull material wing trim needs to be redone at a higher resolution with more anti-aliasing to get rid of the "jaggies". >.< I was inspired by a quick rendering by Radar_rad-dude found here: https://www.renderosity.com/gallery/items/3053869/4613-heres-lookin-at-you-kid

Production Credits

Moving Above The Clouds 16K HDRIs

By ShaaraMuse3D

$12.50 USD

Comments (13)

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Darkglass

3:02PM | Mon, 04 April 2022

Cool plane and scene..nice camera angle..particularly like how the light penetrates but also wraps around the clouds... very visually appealing... : )

MollyFootman

9:27AM | Tue, 05 April 2022

Thank you, DG. It's not usually my thing but I saw Radar_Rad-dude's picture and knew I had the same content and wanted to see if I could get a bit more out of it. It's very old content but with a few tweaks renders well and with a bit more work on the texture would be truly great. The HDRI image from ShaaraMuse3D really lit it nicely. =)

Molly

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Radar_rad-dude

5:42PM | Mon, 04 April 2022

A magnificent image, Molly! Love this airplane model! (and the prop blur, wink wink) Excellent setting and stellar presentation! Many many fine kudos from me!!!!!

MollyFootman

9:29AM | Tue, 05 April 2022

Heh. Thanks Rad, I'm grateful that you inspired me to mess with it. Using the motion blue was easier than I expected because all the propellers are connected to a single dial so it's easy to spin them in unison.

Molly

PhthaloBlue

6:26PM | Mon, 04 April 2022

Beautifully done!

MollyFootman

9:30AM | Tue, 05 April 2022

Thank you, so much! Aviation isn't usually my thing but Radar_Rad-dude's picture of this inspired me to see if I could get a bit more out of it. =)

Molly

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eekdog Online Now!

8:15PM | Mon, 04 April 2022

love the skies atmosphere as they fly above the clouds.

MollyFootman

9:31AM | Tue, 05 April 2022

Thanks, Steve. That's all up to the wonderful HDRI from ShaaraMuse3D that I put on an environment sphere to use as the background AND the lighting.

Molly

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paul_gormley

9:19PM | Mon, 04 April 2022

really nice lighting on the clouds, RichardPhotos should think about making some of his excellent shots into hdri images I think ;)

MollyFootman

9:34AM | Tue, 05 April 2022

Thank you so much, Paul! You're correct that all the lighting and the lovely background clouds are up to that HDRI image from ShaaraMuse3D. I'm not familiar with RichardsPhotos; I think I need to remedy that. ;-)

Molly

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anniemation

7:17AM | Tue, 05 April 2022

Wonderful scene!

MollyFootman

9:35AM | Tue, 05 April 2022

Thank you, Annie! It's not my usual thing but I thought it came out rather well. I've been trying to stretch myself a bit lately doing different sorts of stuff. It's good for the old brain, I think. XD

Molly

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mifdesign

6:35PM | Tue, 05 April 2022

First came a higher heart beat followed by some interior ear pressure. Slowly - while learning more details - the ear pressure faded and I think I need a break to smoke to fully recover. I've just thought the fluffy clouds are 3D voxel clouds while the world was collapsing within.. Huh, still unbelievable outstanding brilliant awesome composition and render.
Magnificent Masterpiece of Finest Arts. I love it!
As the poet would say, "Never let the candid blonde innocence lure you in the trap" - unknown poet.

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MollyFootman

9:03PM | Tue, 05 April 2022

Heh. Thank you, Marius. I'm still not up to making voxel clouds but it IS a wonderful HDRI from ShaaraMuse3D. =)

Molly

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LilMichiganDevil

7:04PM | Thu, 07 April 2022

Wow Molly I love the clouds. Amazing work. Nice to see what Poser brings to the table, being a Daz creator myself.

MollyFootman

11:32AM | Fri, 08 April 2022

Oh, DAZ Studio is a fine tool, but I have been using Poser for awhile now and am just getting the hang of it and have not yet taken it as far as it can go. Thanks for taking a moment to let me know you enjoyed the image, my dear! =)

Molly

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UteBigSmile

5:43AM | Fri, 08 April 2022

Another wonderfully done image dear Molly!

MollyFootman

11:33AM | Fri, 08 April 2022

Thanks, Ute. Not my usual thing but Radar_rad-dude kind of inspired me to try something different. =)

Molly

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jdwtrxk

10:01AM | Fri, 08 April 2022

Saw this one and didn't notice it was yours....have no idea where the posting notices went. My mother flew on a clipper as a teen about the same time my father was training in Hellcats and Corsairs..... Great as always.

MollyFootman

11:35AM | Fri, 08 April 2022

Thanks, the content needs a bit of tweaking to be REALLY great and I might do that one of these days. In the meantime, I was really pleased with how this came out. It's not my usual sort of picture, blame Radar_rad-dude! XD

Molly

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