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Published: 2004-04-01 02:13:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 1490; Favourites: 42; Downloads: 440
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I was doing several things with this image.
Practicing a bit of photomanip: The lighthouse, the snowy landscape, and the little man were all from separate photos. I even had to make the little dude's shadow (not that it was terribly hard, I'm just glad I remembered to think of it). I think it came out well. I was also screwing arorund with clouds more, as you can see on the largest planet (the one the moon the view is from is orbiting).Anyways, I was going for this theme with this image: You'll notice all the worlds seen in the sky are green and with cities or just life on them, while the watchtower moon is barren.
I was going for a sort of "barren moon protects home world" but I dunno if it came through. I also wanted this to be a fairly dark, blue/purple image, a contrast to all my other orange/red/bright images. anyway, that's enough chatter. Enjoy.
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wooo, yea you paid attention to little detail, especially the little man there.. very good!
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Well atleast, make a new piece with this sorta theme'age, but use your up to date skills
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oh wow 
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I have to say the clouds on that planet above, are some of the most convincing i have seen from outer space 
Marley
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amazing. love the lights on the planed.
i feel small and insignifacant.
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mindblowing work, just astounding. very surreal lighthouse setting, i love it.
The clouds on the large planet are amazing, it actually looks like a photo from space
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whay amazes me about tis pic is the city lights on the plnet surface... nice little detail.
great piece, the concept is strong and so is the imgery. Quite personally i feel the foreground snowy mountaintop is a bit too highly contrasted and doesnt quite meld with the imagery above it... the interaction needs to be a bit softer.
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Wow, your stuff is amazing...I would never have the patience to alter photos like that. Great job!
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Great concept, the colors are yummy, and your blending is amazing. lol, I'm jealous. I think light of the tower really adds to it too, even though it's a very small part of the picture.
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hey spacemannn! your awsome at this stuff. dont think i could EVER do anything like thatt, geeezz.
c u on mirc sometimeee
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what program do you use for this type of work? i'm trying to get cinema 4D. is that what you use?
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No, I just use Photoshop.
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stars could use some more clumping and contrast, still amazing
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I wish I had more words to say but... Damn man.
FRIGGIN' AWESOME.
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very cool photo. the planet type thing is cool. you did a good job on it. toodles.
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Purrrrrrrrrrrdy work Meta! Great as usual! Same ol' same ol'
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this is amazing work man! pretty sweet! everything fits so well, i love it
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this is really awesome work meta
+fav
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wow, what a view - interesting concept, that watchtower is just the finishing touch !
keep up the good work
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very cool. love the proportions. the color is also great. good idea.
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great work my friend. Talk about you being productive 
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great job, a very serene image indeed. The huge planet is definately nicely done, and the overall composition is superb. HOWEVER i found one flaw with it.... the shadow of the man. it's jutting out to the left, but the lighthouse is on his left, so surely the shadow would be on the other side? I know it's small detail, but yknow - after doing similar things like this you just tend to notice
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the light isn't coming from the lighthouse.
thanks a lot for the comment, though. It's cool to see someone such as yourself noticing the work I do.
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ah i see, that makes sense now hehe 
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I would like to knaw on your brain oneday while you're not using it. I love your imagination. You've got such a sight for.... sereal calmness. Did I even spell that right? Probably not... eh well, you get what i'm saying hopefully. Its beautiful. I for one happen to like how many stars there are. You don't get to see things like that living in the city and it gives off the sense of unending space. I love it so much. I can't help but 
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Wow.....Definately a +fav on this one....great work here....dare I say stellar!?!
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I dont like your starfield... it is to... how can i call it... there are to much sars, which are in the near of each other... so there is some strange efekt...
and when u delete some stars at one of your ___ try to use something softer or dont take 100% delete power ^^ its difficult to find the rights words... this is my oppinion the PLanets are very well done and there i have no critic! BUT it`s still awsome! So
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I understand.
But yeah, I was kind of torn when making this. I /hate/ dense starfields, but I felt it fit in this one, and everyone else seems to like a dense starfield over a nice, spread out one. Even though the ones that like it admit it doesn't look very real.
But thanks for commenting. I usually don't reply here, in the comments section, but maybe someone else will see my explanation and nitpick something else, instead.
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lovely image! the depth is amazing, it has a cold empty feel to it that sends a chill down my spine and a trace of fear somehow, u really know how to make something here, very nice work!
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this is really cool!! must add to favs! ^_^ good job!
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WONDERFUL. I honestly have to fav this, at no prompting from you. You probably know why.
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This one is amazing! I first just saw the top planet, and then I scrolled down not knowing it had all that below! AMAZING AMAZING
*worship*
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Nice work!
It has a great sense of atmosphere, and the clouds are looking good
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