fresnel lense

[ronrn]

Most of my efforts were focused on the lense. No pun intended:)
The lense consist of more than 500 individual prisms. Couldn't decide on a lighthouse setting or a museum indoor setting so I did this one first.

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second view

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last one

[sarN]

very cool
i just dont like the screw thingies when you go up cloise lol, they kinda ruin the realism IMO
the light thingy looks great

[ronrn]

Those are steel rivets that hold the glass panels and framework together. I agree they don't work well with the lighting and mat. I'll work on them some more if I decide to keep the outdoor environment. Working on the indoor museum version now.

Thanks for the comments.

[FutureMan]

Looks cool.

Can we have another close up on that lens? Maybe just the lens model by itself? Also a wireframe of the lens would be great too?

[diriendha]

Coll, i really like the lense, i just think that maybe ya should give more of a sun burn, "exposure" feel to the lighting, i think it would match up better with the background

[Daniel]

really cool, like he said, the lense looks too new and clean.

[beowulf]

i would really like to see how it looks in a night shot with the light on
i also agree that your metal isnt cutting it

[3Dan]

interesting subject, Ron.
Maybe the glass lenses should be more contrasting, they look a tad greyish.
Will you do a night scene with the lighthouse alight?

[Honki]

Nice scene!
Nice idea too.

Question...

How long did that take to render with all that Refraction????
500 prisms!

[ronrn]

Thanks for all the feed back.

I think that these lense themselves are a work of art. Hardly no two are the same. I just couldn't resist modeling one.

I do plan to do a night scene with it fully lit and maybe an animation too.

Most lighthouses are kept in immaculate condition. I even hesitated to add corrosion to the metal. I do however agree that a "dirty" scene sometimes looks better in cg.

Still a bit of work to do on the lightng and the glass mat. So much reflective surface is highly dependent on the environment.

Here is a wire:

[ronrn]

Here is a close up. Kind of dull with not much environment to reflect. Thought I would post it anyways since it took 4 hrs to render.:)

This is from the indoor museum setting. Think I will probably stick with it for the still. It seems to suite the composition much better.

[B.R.Rajeev]

hey ronrn, the image looks real cool, and no wonder it took so long to render , with soo many objects :) if u could work more on the light setup, the scene would look awesome

[ronrn]

Oh yea. Lots more work to do on this one.:)

More detail and texturing to do.

[3Dan]

You might tweak the lighting from outside to cast more on the lenses.

[rubberduck]

Looks great:D I like the clean look(I'm a clean freak:( :o )on the lense and I think the lighthouse setting looks the best

[ronrn]

Thanks again guys. :)

Dan, I will try some renders with more direct lighting like evening or morning light. Taking the lens out ot the shadows just might do the trick.

rubberduck, I will definately be keeping the lense clean.

Now! :???:

Inside, outside, WHAT shall I do? Oh well, seeing as I have a good start on both, I guess I'll finish both. Ok AMD, do your stuff:)

[ronrn]

Finally got around to the interior view.

[Jon]

Wow - I really like the museum type environment in the last one. It has a lot of atmosphere... Great job.

[fooweng]

er..... can i said something that i feel?
will the size a bit weird? i think the real one will be larger?:roll:
dono?
hope you don't mind :o

[MattyG]

Looks modern but yet its already tilted but I love the lense my mom even said how beautiful your scene was.

[ronrn]

Thanks coolguy and MattyG.
MattyG be sure to tell your mom she has great taste:D

fooweng...lighthouse fresnel lenses are catorgorized by size as...1st order, 2nd order , etc...thru 6th order. The 1st order would be the largest of the lenses and the 6th order the smallest. This lense is scaled within a few inches/mm of a 1st order lens, which is about 6 feet+ in height.:)

Here is another version of the lighthouse environment. I tried to improve the textures and lighting quality in this one.