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  May 9 2006, 06:02 AM
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Very nice, Astro0. Could you make a version with reduced glare around the rover?
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May 9 2006, 06:41 AM
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 Chief Assistant Group: Admin Posts: 1409 Joined: 5-January 05 From: Ierapetra, Greece Member No.: 136 |
Yes -very nice Astro0 !
Spirit looks good in that sunlight  Nico -------------------- photographer, space imagery enthusiast, proud father and partner, and geek.
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May 9 2006, 06:59 AM
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Dilo, I could make one without the glow, but it's that effect which I think makes the picture.
It puts Spirit 'into' the scene. It took a while to get the Rover to look right, so perhaps only if I get lots of requests to do an alternate version. I'll think about it  Nico, a big thanks to you. It was your version of the panorama that I based my work on (you're credited on the image). I just made a few minor changes with colour, foreground, sky and Sol-light (Sun "off camera" as requested by Shaka and others). I think we were all moved when we first saw that panorama in greyscale and later versions in colour. The image title, "Setting Spirits Aglow" is a play on that feeling. It certainly set the spirits of UMSF'ers aglow, and depicting MER-Spirit also glowing in this setting is fitting to the warm glow that I think we all feel for these amazing vehicles, their creators/operators, and for the great adventure they have been able to share with all of us. Astro0
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May 9 2006, 07:26 AM
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 The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Gorgeous pic Astro0, and a wonderful tribute to our plucky little gal!
Just to let you know, I showed your original 'solset panorama' at my astronomy society meeting last night, and it was a huge hit. A couple of people asked for the URL of your website so they could go download their own version, and a couple more, without internet connections (yes, there are some of them left!) asked if it would be available as a poster... there's a thought... -------------------- |
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May 9 2006, 08:19 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Beautiful, Astro0!
 Like Dilo, I think a little bit of reduced glare would be ok; please consider this as another vote to the "lots of requests to do an alternate version". And speaking of changes/improvements/wishes to this SFX pic, what do you think of placing Spirit farther of the camera just enough to see its long shadow casting on the ground? |
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May 9 2006, 08:51 AM
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Astro0...Just FAN-TAS-TIC!
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May 9 2006, 12:07 PM
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Just perfect, Astro0, thanks!
I like the glow. You've captured Spirit's spirit... -------------------- |
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May 9 2006, 12:50 PM
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Astro0, it is such a wonderful image.
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 May 9 2006, 01:17 PM
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Yeesss !!! Astro_O, it's a good work, very good! Thank you!
I've the impression that the rover fly over the ground, no contact to the ground. It's me or...? 
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May 9 2006, 01:20 PM
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QUOTE Dilo, I could make one without the glow, but it's that effect which I think makes the picture. It puts Spirit 'into' the scene. The glow/glare is technically correct, it adds to the rover's presence as an alien object in this environment. I'll be waiting for the full-res version so I can craft some wallpaper. Thanks! --Bill -------------------- |
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May 9 2006, 01:22 PM
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Beautiful image, but I must ask - would the pancam and mast still be
such a pristine white after so long on the dusty Martian surface? Can you make an 800 x 600 version? Thanks. -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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May 9 2006, 02:10 PM
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Beautiful rendering Asto0! And great idea about the glow, metaphorically and figuratively
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May 9 2006, 02:12 PM
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QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ May 9 2006, 02:22 PM)  Beautiful image, but I must ask - would the pancam and mast still be such a pristine white after so long on the dusty Martian surface? They would if a dust devil had cleaned them... (ducks) -------------------- |
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May 9 2006, 02:19 PM
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QUOTE (Stu @ May 9 2006, 10:12 AM) They would if a dust devil had cleaned them... (ducks) According to Steve Squyres, it was not the dust devils which cleaned off the rovers. The events happened at night, when dust devils are not active. They chalk it up to "regular" wind gusts, which the rovers will not encounter as much during the winter months. Water fowl have nothing to do with this topic. -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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May 9 2006, 02:23 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14431 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
ljk - Stu knows that, which is why he said 'ducks' afterwards as a metaphor for the incoming slap from me, as I'm usually the one who shouts "OI - IT WASN'T BLOODY DUST DEVILS"
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