Land's End by liteluvr
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Description
This one was a labor of love for me.
In early days, lighthouse keepers weren't allowed to have family members stay with them in the lighthouse while on duty. Although wives and children were often only a few hundred yards away from their husband and father, but the distance often seemed like miles.
Many families used creative methods of signaling like semaphore flags and lanterns to communicate.
The inspiration for this picture comes from two sources: the Longships Lighthouse at Land's End, Cornwall, England; and the photo " Phares Dan La Tempete" by Jean Guichard.
Lighthouse and stairs modeled by me in Rhino. Trees are mine. Shoreline material by Frankallen from 3dCommune. Island material also by Frankallen and modified by me. Very minor post work, mainly to darken shoreline. Waves, sky and clouds pure Bryce (sky is a lattice); (thx, Pinhead... that
tut was perfect, and perfectly timed.)
Comments (22)
Sacred Rose
Amazing texturing! Fantastic inspiration :)
AGOR
10 for the sky realy GREAT
zorares
Absolutley Wonderful.
Calseeor
what a killer scene! This is top of the line work. The lighthouse is amazing. Everything in this image is perfect. Great job!
dragongirl
Wow! What a wonderful picture! Fabulous clouds and good modeling. (Waving back!)
Angaelic
One word....MAJESTIC~!! This is past amazing!! From another Lighthouse lover.. You have captured the essence.. with a talent above..!!
BaRF
Hey i think this is in the wrong section... Photographs are 2d right? WOW THIS IS REALLY GREAT!!! 10+/BaRF
David A. Runyon
Very well done! Inspiring.
chanson
This is very very nice! I have Jean Guichard's "Phares Dans La Temptete - La Jument" on my office wall and receive frequent compliments about it. The motion displayed is incredible. Your water has (though not as violent) a very similar feeling of movement. Thanks for your work!
ebs782s
Great work. I appreciate the detail in the stairs and rails. Those clouds are amazing as well, did you use a backgraound image of actuall clouds???
SergeantJack
This is so good. Do more!
Kantele
that is just awesome
hobbit
Amazing detail and composition,,,, fabulous job on the clouds,,,,excellent piece
lokhbahr
Wonderful work, just the waves look a bit odd, too repetetive.
Shademaster
cool man! Really great!
cloudclimber
knock out pic! how does he get to the stairs...;)
Darkworld
stunning, breathtaking, and perfect... could stare at this for hours
Nexus8
Great immitation of a stormy sea. The sky is a pic, but ... how cares. Looks very good at all.
pellowp
that is nbeleivable i used to live near longships i am astounded
IDiedLastNight
whats with the little dude on top of the castle just kinda ruins it
liteluvr
IDied... sorry you feel that way. As the narrative points out, often times the actual distance between the keeper's job in the tower and the family's place in the home was a small distance. However, the adverse locations and elements they faced daily made the distance seem far greater than it actually was. By the way, I was curious to see if there were any examples of your work posted in the galleries that I might use to learn better composition. I must have not searched correctly, since I couldn't find any....
mabi
Perfect! Nice textures an sky!