The Salute by MichaelEaton

Terragen • (none) • posted on Feb 08, 2003

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Compare this to "Buzz in Space", and see which one you prefer. This time, the terrain is a composite of two Terragen renderings, so I could add some distant lunar mountains. Plus, the Earth is a considerably more time-intensive rendering in Bryce 5 due to the addition of a haze layer. You will notice that this "photo" must have been taken near the lunar north pole, a location that no astronaut has yet visited. (Oh, yes, and please pay no attention to the reflection in the astronaut's visor!)

Comments (8)

Lung

1:52PM | Sat, 08 February 2003

the moon didn't have a grey surface 2. now, look at the ground and think about it and 3. the earth is to near

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prutzworks

2:23PM | Sat, 08 February 2003

textures and lighting fits completely with apollo footages.2) exlent shadow 3) a few degrees smaller I think. a comments "needs work" is a disgrace ! This is no junk!!

MichaelEaton

3:00PM | Sat, 08 February 2003

If I were critiquing my own work -- which I am -- I would say that colors are also pretty good. My main disappointment with the current iteration of this picture is that the surface does not have any craters and there are no surface rocks. Playing with the surface texture a bit more might get some semblance of rocks into the pix. Also, importing a elevation map from Mars might provide some decent craters. It will be great when Terragen can add such goodies. Also, the Earth is intentionally too large; that was for dramatic effect. I would guesstimate that it should be about half the angular size of the astronaut's helmet. But, I still like my pix.

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Xlars

5:14PM | Sat, 08 February 2003

yes, Michael you made a wonderful picture (as the previous). I do not know that much about astronomy but this gives me a very good "in space" feeling. BTW. is that a face reflecting in the astrunauts helmet?? :-) Cool with the added terrain features and the coloring + light is wonderful.

MIDI

8:22PM | Sat, 08 February 2003

Great pic, very very cool, i like this one better than the last. The mountains and new earth add alot to it.

dickbill

8:23PM | Sat, 08 February 2003

Hi Michael, you render the Moon now, pretty good. But go back to the only GREAT place, the RED place !!!!

Nellie

6:43AM | Sun, 09 February 2003

oh this is a wonderful picture. I love the austronaut and planets. excellent work

MichaelEaton

11:42AM | Sun, 09 February 2003

You might want to look at my Bryce version, "Lunar X", which I just posted.