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David of Mac
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Having some time to return to Lightwave and a truly spiffy new model of the TMP drydock which was just released by its modeler, I decided to address an image bunny which had been itching me for a while. Namely, I'd wanted to do a take on [url=http://probertdesigns.com/Folder_ILLUSTRATION/E-INCIDENTS_Magazine.html]this Andrew Probert painting[/url] with the [i]Enterprise[/i] reflected pre- and post-refit. I ultimately remembered [URL="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.titanicinbelfast.com/uploads/H1637large.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.titanicinbelfast.com/template.aspx%3Fpid%3D243%26parent%3D201%26area%3D16%26aName%3D%26textsize%3D&h=754&w=1000&sz=119&hl=en&start=1&usg=__eXU127Aw4dDA1s8DPRnwK82VelQ=&tbnid=E4aQM7zJnMWiuM:&tbnh=112&tbnw=149&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtitanic%2Bolympic%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG"]a photo from 1912[/URL] of the [i]Titanic[/i] and her sister ship [i]Olympic[/i] side-by-side at the repair yard and decided to do something similar.
In this case, the newly-upgraded [i]Enterprise[/i] has returned to Earth so the engineers of the U.S.S. [i]Endeavour[/i] can get some practical experience with the new designs as they begin to refit their own ship.
I colored the main light as if the sun had just set at that moment. It gives the picture a bit of a sepia tone. It also explains why the image is so grainy, because the photo had to be taken at a very high ISO since there was no more direct sunlight. ;) I pulled the colors from [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080320.html]this photo[/url]. In retrospect, I botched the lighting a little, as you can see banded shadows because I used two lights, one blue to represent the upper sky, and one red to represent the sky at the horizon. I am, however, very happy with the coherence (for want of a better term) of the image. A lot of times, the different eras of Star Trek can end up looking like totally different universes, and I feel like I avoided that in this one. There doesn't seem anything at all odd about the original series and movie era sitting side-by-side.
I'm actually thinking I might be able to get a little more milage out of this picture. I may try out some alternate lighting setups.
Having some time to return to Lightwave and a truly spiffy new model of the TMP drydock which was just released by its modeler, I decided to address an image bunny which had been itching me for a while. Namely, I'd wanted to do a take on [url=http://probertdesigns.com/Folder_ILLUSTRATION/E-INCIDENTS_Magazine.html]this Andrew Probert painting[/url] with the [i]Enterprise[/i] reflected pre- and post-refit. I ultimately remembered [URL="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.titanicinbelfast.com/uploads/H1637large.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.titanicinbelfast.com/template.aspx%3Fpid%3D243%26parent%3D201%26area%3D16%26aName%3D%26textsize%3D&h=754&w=1000&sz=119&hl=en&start=1&usg=__eXU127Aw4dDA1s8DPRnwK82VelQ=&tbnid=E4aQM7zJnMWiuM:&tbnh=112&tbnw=149&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtitanic%2Bolympic%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG"]a photo from 1912[/URL] of the [i]Titanic[/i] and her sister ship [i]Olympic[/i] side-by-side at the repair yard and decided to do something similar.
In this case, the newly-upgraded [i]Enterprise[/i] has returned to Earth so the engineers of the U.S.S. [i]Endeavour[/i] can get some practical experience with the new designs as they begin to refit their own ship.
I colored the main light as if the sun had just set at that moment. It gives the picture a bit of a sepia tone. It also explains why the image is so grainy, because the photo had to be taken at a very high ISO since there was no more direct sunlight. ;) I pulled the colors from [url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080320.html]this photo[/url]. In retrospect, I botched the lighting a little, as you can see banded shadows because I used two lights, one blue to represent the upper sky, and one red to represent the sky at the horizon. I am, however, very happy with the coherence (for want of a better term) of the image. A lot of times, the different eras of Star Trek can end up looking like totally different universes, and I feel like I avoided that in this one. There doesn't seem anything at all odd about the original series and movie era sitting side-by-side.
I'm actually thinking I might be able to get a little more milage out of this picture. I may try out some alternate lighting setups.
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