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Member : ThomdeG

Title	:	Pest Control
Name	:	Thomas de Groot
Country	:	Netherlands
Email	:	####################
Webpage	:
Topic	:	Evidence As To Man's Place In Nature (May)
Copyright	:	Agreed - 2009-06-11 15:52:56
JPG file	:	pw-1244731976-Pest_Control.jpg
Renderer Used	:	POV-Ray version 3.7 beta 32
Tools used	:	Poser; Poseray; Apophysis
Render Time	:	1 hour 26 minutes
Hardware Used	:	HP Pavillion Media Center m7490.nl-a; Pentium D 2x3GHz

Image description

1. Man evolved within Nature through evolutionary processes.

2. Through its own doings, Man left the natural order.

3. One day, Nature will take control again.

Description of how this image was created

An intentionally simple and 'naked' image. The Dystopia set (Daz) was used as environment. Its material maps were heavily edited, in particular with the proceduralize macro by Jaime Vives Piqueres. To suggest the background fire and smoke, an image map made with Apophysis (fractal generation) as HDRI map. The Poser figure was posed with the help of Poser Physics. Radiosity as usual. To remove jaggies, heavy anti-aliasing was used.

General statistics
No of ratings	:	12
Min. overall rating	:	27 (9 / 7 / 11)
Max. overall rating	:	48 (15 / 16 / 17)
Sum of rating	:	446 / 720
Date uploaded	:	2009-06-02 12:46:53

Specific details

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If the member votes for all the entries and has created one him/herself, there is an
automatic 20/20/20 score added to the value (This encourages all members who enter to vote).

Rating type

Min

Max

Sum

Out of

Artistic

136

240

Concept

155

240

Technical

155

240

Overall

446

720

Comments by members when rating this image

1.	23-06-2009	To make this image more powerful you could have placed the corpse closer to camera instead of using 1/3 of the image for an empty foreground. Or alternatively simply cut the foreground out altogether by moving the camera closer to the ground. I like the lighting and the interpretation a lot.
2.	18-06-2009	The simplistic geometry of the buildings detract from the image's enjoyment. Texturing looks good but it seems to have a grainy feel.
3.	17-06-2009	Intriguing concept. But the "second" building seems weird to me - the shadow seems to cut the facade and reflections in two, which really keeps distracting me. The greebles on the "first" building are a bit too regular for my taste, too. (And please, next time don't let Simon leave home with those ugly default clothes :P)
4.	16-06-2009	I like the ideas however I get the definite feeling that if as much work had gone into the pavements and street as into the buildings then this image would have been more artictically pleasing. I just want to see signs of nature truly taking over the man made environment.

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