Jewel Of The Desert by Layla-Rose

Fractal • Fractal • posted on Feb 29, 2004

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UF3 Theres something about the shadows under the sphere that dont seem quite right to me, but i cant put my finger on it, nor seem to get them into the right position so they look 'right' So i decided to upload it anyway. Thanks for looking, if you have any suggestions please feel free to offer them :)

Comments (17)

fractalinda

11:51PM | Sun, 29 February 2004

Wonderful textured backdrop for this beautiful jewel. I think the shadows are dramatic and work well, but I'm not good enough with light and shadow to seriously critique it.

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Snow_Angel

12:04AM | Mon, 01 March 2004

Beautiful image! Its nice as it is! V :)

aeires

12:15AM | Mon, 01 March 2004

There are two light spots on the orb. The brightest one is roughly at the 10 o'clock position in the front section. This would cast a shadow to the rear of the orb at approximately 4 o'clock to the rear. You seem to have gotten it at 4 o'clock in the front. The dimmer light spot shouldn't give you much problems, so I wouldn't worry about it. I've done light experiments in Bryce quite frequently before creating fractals. I've never done this with UF, so I can't give you much help on how to fix it, just what is apparently wrong. Other than that, the orb is beautiful. Hope this helps.

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-Stormi-

12:45AM | Mon, 01 March 2004

It seems to indicate the surface under the orb is uneven. It looks fine, if that is the case.

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whirlingfeather

6:45AM | Mon, 01 March 2004

Beautiful black pearl! I Love it's irredescent sheen. The burnt parchment in the background is nice as well. I am untrained in the placement of shadow and light direction, the results look fantastic to me.

ead

6:54AM | Mon, 01 March 2004

I love this one, Kim - to my novice eye, it's a beaut! Thanks.

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leda_moon

8:19AM | Mon, 01 March 2004

Beautiful image,excellent work!!!

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miwi

10:35AM | Mon, 01 March 2004

This image is really a Jewel !!!!!!

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gumbykat

12:05PM | Mon, 01 March 2004

Perfect globe! Bravo!

LFNForever

4:34PM | Mon, 01 March 2004

Gorgeous Layla!! :)

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LindaB

7:33PM | Mon, 01 March 2004

This is perfect - I love it!

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paragon5

8:23PM | Mon, 01 March 2004

Lovely image, Kim! I love the colors and the textures on the sphere!

midnightblue

12:14PM | Tue, 02 March 2004

A beautiful jewel against a great background. Very nice :)

LorienDream

1:37PM | Tue, 02 March 2004

Ooh...I'am speechless.

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Rykk

11:55PM | Fri, 05 March 2004

Wow! Excellent sphere, Kim! I like its transparency and the texture overlaid on the glowing lights inside. Maybe just dimming the opacity of the shadow might help and a different merge mode? Dunno - the background seems to fold under it anyhow and it doesn't look none too shabby as is!

jezzigogs

3:03AM | Tue, 23 March 2004

Re the comment re the highlights - IMHO it makes it look like it is soon going to split into two like a seed pod or maybe a self-replicating xmas tree decoration. The background is ancient and irreal, like a lost rotted old bible (or something) Is this helpful? Not really - but it shows that it provoked my imagination. It takes a lot to do that.

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