Challenge #661 Voting CLOSED

rarebit · February 23, 2016, 12:42am

This week’s theme: astonishing effects in physics

Challenge #666

Pure Entries

Piet
Sun without magnetic field

Helge
Maxy, the little quantum fluctuation causes gravitational micro waves on its way home

DoriNori
Butterfly Nebula

MDO2010
Physics for Fun and Profit

fcharr
the lunatic is in the lab

Ryeath
The Pressure Temperature Relationship and the Refrigerant Cycle

Napivo
Getting rid of frustration

fdo
Laserbeam

Gordi
The Continuous Transfer of Mechanical Energy

YAFU
Crystallization on the Rock

Mswan
Acoustic Levitation

eyalmu
Aurora

Open Entries

Photox
Pulsing Universe

Non-competing Entries

3dnotguru
Kaye effect

RobertT
Virtual Particles in the Quantum Foam

DoriNori · February 23, 2016, 11:22am

@YAFU Im curious as to how you made the beams of reflected light. It really makes your crystals seem lifelike!

kaka24fan · February 23, 2016, 12:48pm

Wow, I think that’s my favorite challenge since I joined the forum, with respect to the submissions. Awesome work.

YAFU · February 23, 2016, 7:45pm

Do you mean the glow/glare on the crystal?. It is just compositing. “Glare” node is applied to bright spots. You play with “Glare” node after render the image in this example:

Photox · February 25, 2016, 8:07am

B----u—m---p

rarebit · February 25, 2016, 1:17pm

And… The winner of Weekend Challenge 661 with a Newtonian 26.92% of the votes… is… Mswan!

Here’s to all the great participators…

Piet : 2 : 7.69%
Helge : 3 : 11.54%
DoriNori : 0 : 0%
MDO2010 : 2 : 7.69%
fcharr : 1 : 3.85%
Ryeath : 2 : 7.69%
Napivo : 0 : 0%
fdo : 1 : 3.85%
Gordi : 0 : 0%
YAFU : 2 : 7.69%
<b>Mswan : 7 : 26.92%</b>
eyalmu : 1 : 3.85%
Photox : 5 : 19.23%

Acoustic Levitation