| Title | : | Wind Catchers |
| Name | : | Normand Brière |
| Country | : | Canada |
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| Webpage | : | www.noware.ca |
| Topic | : | Across the Plains (September) |
| Copyright | : | Agreed - 2009-10-17 22:09:59 |
| JPG file | : | pw-1254010027-windcatchers.jpg |
| Renderer Used | : | OpenGL |
| Tools used | : | Homemade Java software |
| Render Time | : | 1 minute |
| Hardware Used | : | Macintosh Core 2 Duo, RadeonX1600 |
It was about time I figured out how a picture could stand out without any story.
It took a while before breezing through the test.
Refreshing and current enough.
I think the limit of my system regarding photorealism has been reached. Could you honestly have ever imagined OpenGL to be that powerful? Ambient occlusion was a major missing feature, and was essential in such a lighting condition, avoiding filling point lights. Some shadow patches were necessary though.
Quite a bit of cheating here and there for nicer effects (dirt in panes, etc). But who cares as long as the pixels reveal what they should? As a result, some models are not even 3D, but can one actually tell what is fake from what is not? Is it really noticeable?
Sometimes laziness requires cleverness, and for me, only the result really matters.
Don't miss the numerous connotations (curtains representing green energy, etc.) following various looping paths. You may see what I didn't see yet. The overall idea went much better than expected, and seems to have endless depth. Even the perspective of the composition suggests that.
Do you like the table-fan / flower / weathervane funnel?
The handle of the coffee mill is the ballon bag of "Plain ground". A triangle is possible between this coffee mill, the windmill and the hand-held fan. There is a circular loop, and interestingly enough, the fan is already a triangle and a circle.
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| No of ratings | : | 10 |
| Min. overall rating | : | 15 (5 / 5 / 5) |
| Max. overall rating | : | 49 (16 / 18 / 15) |
| Sum of rating | : | 395 / 600 |
| Date uploaded | : | 2009-09-19 04:56:38 |
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