On The Tarmac *Final Image*

[RArcher]

Jet model from Anders Lejczak - colacola.se.

Just playing around a little bit, trying to get some decent faded clouds over the far distant hills.

EDIT

Final image can be found here:

http://www.archer-designs.com/zp/index.php?album=digital-art%2Fterragen-2&image=SAAB-JA37-VIGGEN.jpg&p=*full-image

[Tangled-Universe]

Awesome! Great model and the asphalt looks really nice and gritty gritty Very good background as well.
I only wish I could look a bit into the vents of the engines.

[Seth]

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Damn Good !

[FrankB]

you succeeded with the faded clouds, that's for sure :-)
As always the colors are chosen perfectly - for everyting in the scene.

Cheers,
Frank

[darthvader]

WOW! Awesome work! I love the tarmac, the stones are perfectly sized.

[Oshyan]

I think the clouds are already spot on. The gravel/tarmac/whatever looks fantastic too. My only complaint would be the DoF. It seems a bit strong for the size of the object and necessary distance to get this shot. Even if you could replicate this result with say a wide aperture lens (f/2.0 or wider), you usually want to stop down on landscape shots for sharpness and clarity. As a photograph I'd consider this interesting but not outstanding. Of course as a TG2 image it's excellent.

- Oshyan

[RArcher]

Thanks for the comments everyone.  You are probably correct about the DOF Oshyan, I found the jet looked a little bit plastic and perfect so I wanted to rough it up a little bit.  I'll post the original without any DOF later tonight.

[Cyber-Angel]

Great image of the Saab JAS-39  Gripen I will talk about this image as if it where a photograph, generally the rule in aviation photography about cropped wing tips as a compositional device is to crop both wing tips: however I understand why you did not with the model in you image; as in real life by cropping both wing tips you'd lose the nose wheel, I can confirm this having seen the JAS-39 at Airshows on the static displays.



Regards to you.

Cyber-Angel           

[RArcher]

Interesting tidbit Cyber-Angel, I haven't been to or photographed any airshows, but it is interesting to know.  I choose this composition mainly so I could feature the jet in the left foreground, yet keep visible the clouds in the upper right background.

The jet, according to the modeller (Anders Lejczak - colacola.se) is a SAAB JA37 Viggen.

[rcallicotte]

I can hear the jet engines cycling!  How did you do that?   

[RArcher]

Here is the version with no DOF effect.

[Cyber-Angel]

Interesting tidbit Cyber-Angel, I haven't been to or photographed any airshows, but it is interesting to know.  I choose this composition mainly so I could feature the jet in the left foreground, yet keep visible the clouds in the upper right background.

The jet, according to the modeller (Anders Lejczak - colacola.se) is a SAAB JA37 Viggen.

Your Right about it been a JA37, that will teach me to do aircraft recognition late at night any way I found an example of the kind of composition I was talking about, the Aircraft just so happens to be a JA37 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JA_37_Viggen_front_view.jpg

Regards to you.   

Cyber-Angel

[dwilson]

Beautiful lighting and detail in the tarmac

[inkydigit]

spot on!

[EoinArmstrong]

Excellent render - love your mats - and yes, it's much better without the DoF