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Posted by Edgar on August 20, 2007, 4:31 pm
> "Edgar"> wrote
>> <pjacobson> wrote
>>> Where can I get some typical sky and cloud backgrounds to add to my
>>> building models?
>>>
>>
>> If you have a camera you have your answer. If you have a picture of
>> something outdoors and a scanner, you have your answer.
>
>
> I suggested that early on, glad to see someone else thinking.
>
> About a mile from here there is an old, red covered bridge in a community
> called Bean Blossom.
> (home of the world's largest bluegrass fest, which is getting ready to
> fire up pretty soon)
>
> On March 21 I went to the bridge and found a spot, pounded a small wooden
> stake in the ground and used my wifes excellent digicam to snap a decent
> pic.
> Did the same thing on June 21 and will do so again on Sept 21 and Dec 21.
> Then I'm going to do a series of 4 watercolors of that bridge based on
> that angle showing the different seasons.
> Obviously the foliage is different but the sky will be too.
> These will be matted and framed and hung in our stairway.
>
Wow a painter too. Impressive. I've used my own random picture's skies in
3D models before, it's a pretty obvious thing. You can probably see a sky
in 80 percent of pictures you've ever taken. With digicams the skies the
limit :-P (ok really the memory card is the limit, but I liked the pun).
--
Edgar
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