Monday, 4 August 2014

Week 1 - Reference Images

Island
Found on desktopwallpapers4.me
Vegetation: This Island is densely covered in trees except for the beaches.
Terrain: The Island has a few mountainous areas and then it flattens out near the beaches.
Lighting: This photo is taken at a time of day where you can easily see half the island in shadow and half in sunlight.

Godafoss Waterfall in Iceland
Found on mymodernmet.com
Vegetation: There is little vegetation in this image due to the presence snow.
Terrain: The terrain is fairly flat with a few hills in the background. The terrain then drops forming a large waterfall.
Lighting: This image is taken at sunset so you can see the oranges of the sunset against the white snow.

Greek Islands

Found on eu.greekreporter.com
Vegetation: There is very little vegetation on the outcrops.
Terrain: There are very steep cliffs that drop straight into the ocean. The cliffs form small caves that could easily be explored by boat.
Lighting: The cliffs appear almost white in this sunlight which allows the land to contrast with the blue ocean.

Tarkine Rainforest Australia
Found on tarkine.org
Vegetation: The vegetation of this Australian rainforest mainly consists of very tall trees.
Terrain: The terrain is primarily flat, however, it does look like it could have some steep slopes.
Lighting: The tall trees allow the light to filter through the leaves creating an atmosphere that makes you feel very far away from everything else in the world.

Clear water + many small islands
Found on images.nationalgeographic.com
Vegetation: Dense green trees covering the islands.
Terrain: Many small islands in clear blue water. Some of the islands have quite tall mountains.
Lighting: The series of islands are shown during the day allowing you to see the clarity of the water.

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