Dawn Sweep

[Tony Harrison-Smith]

I am just starting to get into compositing. Here is my latest attempt. "Dawn Sweep over the fens by two BF109s looking for a target of opportunity".

Tony Harrison-Smith
www.harrison-smith.me.uk

 

[ancient_mariner]

You've added the images in well Tony, but there's the issues of scale and lighting that unfortunately break the sense of reality.

 

[Brazo]

And they didn’t have enough fuel to go hunting

 

[Tony Harrison-Smith]

You've added the images in well Tony, but there's the issues of scale and lighting that unfortunately break the sense of reality.

Thanks. Can you elaborate a bit, especially about the lighting.
Tony

 

[ancient_mariner]

The planes are lit very neutral and without density, almost as though they are watercolours, and there are sharp shadows (too pale) from light falling directly from overhead below the tail and the exhausts of the foreground plane, plus the further plane has light from above & to the right falling along the fuselage. In the landscape there is strong, warm sunlight coming from low down on the left, hitting the trees over on the right and likely anything else above 10 feet.

HTH

 

[Tony Harrison-Smith]

Thank you, that does help a lot. I am still very new to this. I can see what you mean.
Tony

 

[Tony Harrison-Smith]

Here is the 2nd version with the light corrected (I think).

 

[ancient_mariner]

Just seen this image, which may help a bit (I'm not an aeroplane photographer): Phil with his A10 complete with ordnance by Stephen Scott | SRS Photography, on Flickr

 

[Tony Harrison-Smith]

Thanks, yes it does.