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ElectricVentures — Towards the setting Sun

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Published: 2022-08-27 20:23:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 3414; Favourites: 25; Downloads: 3
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Have you ever watched how the setting Sun impacts clouds to the east?  As the Sun sets, the clouds begin changing from white to yellow, and then to red (and finally gray).  Sometimes the tops of the clouds will be yellow, while the lower portion is more reddish.


As Daz supports volumetric data (VDB), it is fairly easy to create great clouds.  The challenge was to have them vary in color, as if reflecting light from the setting Sun. 

For this first attempt, I created a rectangular light source, consisting of the 3 horizontal rectangles.  The top band was red, the middle orange, and the bottom yellow.  I then severely cranked up the luminosity of each light, grouped the bands into one light, moved the group of lights off screen, and tilted the light array to around -30 degrees from the vertical.  Last, I placed a rectangular barrier between the light and clouds (ala the Earth blocking the setting Sun), to control which part of the cloud was illuminated by which color.  (The barrier needs to be partially below the light source.)  There is certainly room for improvement, but I’m quite pleased with the initial result.

As long as I was at it, our good “Doctor Pete” was kind enough to don a superhero costume, and fly towards the setting sun, for your amusement.

 

[Rendered with Daz Studio Iray.  Minor enhancements with Paint.net .]

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