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Title: Stumpy
Post by: yossam on January 31, 2016, 05:26:00 AM
I need suggestions for background.............any ideas?  ???
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Post by: archonforest on January 31, 2016, 05:38:00 AM
Great foreground here ;)

I would put a forest there that looks like getting destroyed.

Eh...perhaps a giant beaver!! :D :D
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Post by: AP on January 31, 2016, 06:43:19 AM
The Trees tell me that some powerful force came through and ripped them off to who knows where. Maybe a theme there of some sort to add to in or around the area?
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Post by: mhaze on January 31, 2016, 07:03:56 AM
I like this one, excellent.
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Post by: Kadri on January 31, 2016, 09:33:15 AM

Looks good.
Could be many things you can add there.
A dry cloudless sky with a bright sun.
A still green big Forrest.
A tornado,storm that made the foreground etc.
Title: Re: Stumpy
Post by: Tangled-Universe on January 31, 2016, 11:48:58 AM
Oh this is a nice idea :)

To strengthen the subject of this image I would choose quite a different composition I think:

- raise the camera a couple of meters
- move camera back
- tilt camera down
- increase focal length a bit to frame the stumps a bit tighter
- adjust this camera position in such a way that bottom 2/3rd are stumps and top 1/3rd is stumps fading away down hill, for example.

This will emphasize the subject and will create a leading eye from bottom to top of the image. The viewer wants to see where it's going.
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Post by: TheBadger on January 31, 2016, 12:28:12 PM
I was thinking that you could  add a bunch of full standing trees along the sides of the current population, so that you end up with a massively wide path going into the hills. So like a path cut through grass but with these trees as you already have them.

Pretty easy way to do what everyone here is already seeing I guess. Don't think you need to give it much explanation either. And I would not move too high up above where you have the camera now cuz you need it to be clear that those are stumps and that they were broken not cut. But move the cam just enough to help you show the path.

Whatever made the path needs to be in the viewers mind, unless you have a really nice model that will make sense.

You could even add a tornado. there is a tornado pack out there from Frank.
Title: Re: Stumpy
Post by: yossam on January 31, 2016, 02:14:22 PM
I will try some of the suggestions as time permits...............archonforest gets a nod for being the first responder.  ;D


Thanks for the ideas guys...............
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Post by: archonforest on January 31, 2016, 02:19:39 PM
Ohhh this is fawesome! :D

Great stuff man.
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Post by: Lady of the Lake on January 31, 2016, 02:36:33 PM
Unless a tornado took away all the trees, I think there might be some broken ones in the mix.  Fun image.
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Post by: fleetwood on January 31, 2016, 04:03:07 PM
Cool... and the beaver's name was Tunguska!
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Post by: yossam on January 31, 2016, 04:10:11 PM
This pic kinda came about because I watched a program about the event at Tunguska. There was no mention of a beaver.................. ;D
Title: Re: Stumpy
Post by: archonforest on January 31, 2016, 04:20:15 PM
Quote from: fleetwood on January 31, 2016, 04:03:07 PM
Cool... and the beaver's name was Tunguska!

That reminds me a cool Game!
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Post by: archonforest on January 31, 2016, 04:21:15 PM
Quote from: yossam on January 31, 2016, 04:10:11 PM
This pic kinda came about because I watched a program about the event at Tunguska. There was no mention of a beaver.................. ;D

Hehe Govs are always hiding the real stuff!! :D
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Post by: AP on January 31, 2016, 04:52:41 PM
A Beaver called Tunguska. It sounds like a bad horror movie. In all seriousness though, there are good ideas presented here from others.
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Post by: yossam on January 31, 2016, 06:25:39 PM
TU.............is this close to what you were suggesting?  :-\
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Post by: Dune on February 01, 2016, 03:08:25 AM
You can even hide the distance by fog, make it more eerie. perhaps a strange bulldozer in the fog, or some tree destroying huge ant (just rambling on  :P )
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Post by: DocCharly65 on February 01, 2016, 04:39:36 AM
Cool Project.

I like 1&2 the best.
The closer your POV is to the ground the more powerful the nature seems to be.
Perhaps you can add some slim leafless trees and bushes? Not too much only some to demonstrate dimensions.
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Post by: yossam on February 02, 2016, 02:21:55 AM
Last one................. :)
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Post by: Dune on February 02, 2016, 03:02:48 AM
Very menacing! The beavers are here to destroy the world!
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Post by: Tangled-Universe on February 02, 2016, 07:24:05 AM
Quote from: yossam on January 31, 2016, 06:25:39 PM
TU.............is this close to what you were suggesting?  :-\

Yes more or less :)
I'd use even longer focal length (what is it now?) and really compress the perspective.
Then make sure you can't see the stumps in the far background, as they all fade away in the atmosphere/fog.
I think this will make for a nice abstract piece.
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Post by: Jo Kariboo on February 02, 2016, 12:17:04 PM
I very like the first and the last one!
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Post by: yossam on February 02, 2016, 04:07:45 PM
Another last one................ :)


Focal length 105mm..................previous pic was 50mm.
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Post by: Tangled-Universe on February 02, 2016, 04:44:57 PM
Yeah that's pretty close to what I had in mind :)
Thanks for trying this out as I was really curious to see how this idea would work.

I think I will do something similar to this in the coming weeks. Not with stumps though, but I have something else in mind :)
Thanks for the inspiration!
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Post by: AP on February 02, 2016, 06:02:18 PM
That point of view seems to be more effective.
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Post by: Oshyan on February 03, 2016, 07:25:55 PM
I love these stumps, they look great. Where did they come from?

- Oshyan
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Post by: yossam on February 03, 2016, 08:31:12 PM
There are 3 populations in the pics...................there are 12 total in the download. I bought them on sale for less than 5 bucks so I could kinda reverse engineer for ST. Some of them are really strange looking...............stumps on steroids.  :)


https://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/?ViewProduct=112800 (https://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/?ViewProduct=112800)
Title: Re: Stumpy
Post by: bobbystahr on February 03, 2016, 10:56:30 PM
Quote from: yossam on January 31, 2016, 02:14:22 PM
I will try some of the suggestions as time permits...............archonforest gets a nod for being the first responder.  ;D


Thanks for the ideas guys...............

LOL good one man...you never fail me....ha ha ha ha ha
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Post by: bobbystahr on February 03, 2016, 10:59:48 PM
And I think y nailed it in the last one...love them stumps but not worth the 12 bucks to me....