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"Paul Baulch" <paul@vic.bigpond.net.au> writes:
>
> Bram Lambrecht wrote in message ...
> > I've built a recreational space craft:
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=3434
> > I envision it sort of as a sailplane for outer space...powered by
> solar
> wind or
> > solar power. Does anyone have a good idea for a name for the model?
>
> Heh, as soon as I saw you picture I was reminded of the name
> "Sunjammer"... I couldn't name it anything else, but of course
> it's your model so you can call it what you like, and I'll just
> sit here and be peeved ;-)
Hey, I like that name! I just might call it that. Thanks!
> > For all you artists out there, I'd also like a critique on the
> > composition. Any suggestions?
>
> Build it for real and see how strong the struts - er, ahem!
I have built it. It does work :)
> Oh, you mean the rendering.
> Well, I think that having a (bright but not too glaring) yellow sun in
> a corner of the picture would be highly appropriate, along with a subtle
> lens flare effect (if povray doesn't do lens flares you could always
> Photoshop one in... right?).
Yeah, I played with a lens flare glare off of the canopy, but it didn't
look great. I'm afraid if I place a sun in the picture, the lighting
might look wrong, but I'll give it a shot and see if anything works.
--Bram
Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com
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