For in and out, above, about, below,
'Tis nothing but a Magic Shadow-show,
Play'd in a Box whose Candle is the Sun,
Round which we Phantom Figures come and go.
From Edward Fitzgerald's Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
As for the picture, it took me the better part of two weeks to compose the scene. Then a higher rez version was lost in a power failure after 3 weeks of rendering. Ouch.
This one only took 136 hours at fairly low quality settings. The software is multi-thread compatible and needs a more powerful machine than my ancient G4. Maybe Santa will bring a new 8-core Mac Pro and a backup power supply.
awesome! the only thing is it looks kinda strange to me that the clouds are so low that they are that close to the water, but i guess that's just me.
Anyway, it's a great composition (incomparably better than anything i could do) :P
Thanks for sharing!
Looks fantastic, the sky is beautiful. Photoreal for sure. I feel there is too much water though, if its elevation was decreased a bit it might give the scene a more grand feel.
Jimbob