At The Heart Of Winter by revenant71

Terragen • Atmosphere/Mood • posted on Jan 26, 2005

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An image I have been working for quite a time. Snow was a pain, and I worked a lot on it having a few photographs of Svalbard Islands. One expects to see lots of white snow everywhere. Actually, when you look at the photographs you notice that shadows, ice, dirt do a lot of work, and I couldn't actually count less that a dozen different "snows". A bit of folklore: did you know that the Sami people (the inhabitants of Lapland, northern Europe) have more than *one hundred* different words to name say "snow", describing for example the quantity, quality, surface, easiness of traveling on the snow, icyness, size of flakes, and so on... Thanks for your kind viewing and comments!

Comments (19)

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EoinArmstrong

10:33AM | Wed, 26 January 2005

Excellent terrain, chilly mood and pov; great surface too; interesting streaky clouds!

Shadiz

10:37AM | Wed, 26 January 2005

This is a really beautiful view. Be assured that all the time you spent on the snow was worth it :)

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Rich2

11:14AM | Wed, 26 January 2005

You are right about snow textures - they are not naturally smooth. Atmo also coveys coldness. Very "cool" terrain - gotta be WM...

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FabioNemo

11:16AM | Wed, 26 January 2005

far better than nature herself :))

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choronr

12:18PM | Wed, 26 January 2005

Everything you've put into this picture is superb. This is a very beautiful scene. Excellent!!!

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HorseLips

12:18PM | Wed, 26 January 2005

Snow is excellent, as is the lighting!

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TwoPynts

12:22PM | Wed, 26 January 2005

I did know that and you image is a good illustration of it. It looks like you put a lot of time into this image, the terrain (and snow) is fantastic!!! I love all that detail! re: FabioNemo--while an amazing render...I would never say it is FAR better than nature herself.

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