cloud9 wrote on Mar 30^th, 2007 at 9:27pm:


You've obviously put a lot of love and tender care into this, so people are shy of telling you what they think...  that's assuming that they are not just being lazy, as usual  

I really hate being negative about other people's work, but you are asking so... - well, I like the concept behind it but the planes just look stuck on. Also they are all very small, the props seem frozen, and the four bombers particularly are obviously just cloned.
I admire your ambition- I've tried making such shots too (with spacecraft   ) - but like me you're probably being a bit overambitious here? The planes need to look different, and because we can only post 800 wide, it might be better one plane large and clearly visible and detailed in the shot, perhaps with a flock of smaller planes below. What I did with my big fleet shots was set up low visibility, place the camera in one spot with walk and follow, then slew the planes/spaceships all around the sky shooting them in different places. As a result, each had correct lighting on them for the place they were supposed to be in the sky relative to the others. Or that was the intention anyway.

Please don't take offence, this is meant as constructive criticism!!!

Krigl