This was a difficult one. I know I keep saying that but this one really was. I had written a few ideas down last night ready for it, and I was really on good form! Unfortunately, when I logged on this morning to get the shots, I realised that there were a few problems. Namely that the places I was going to go didn't exist.
My first idea was the Aurora Borealis in Storm Peaks, but I disregarded it when I thought of something else shortly after. I wanted to get a shot of ruined ships with a few masts sticking out of the water. I flew along the coasts of the Southern Barrens right the way down to Tanaris, but I didn't find anything. I was little surprised. I did find a few ships here and there, but no ship 'graveyards' so to speak, and certainly none with masts breaking the water surface. So, I went over to the Eastern Kingdoms, namely Stranglethorn Vale. There, I found some ship masts, but only two ships. I had wanted about five ideally, but I'd have settled for three to four, but there was nothing but those two.
Koruth suggested, since I was following the thought line of warnings as a 'sign', that I head over to the Wolvar encampments in Sholazar Basin. Sure enough, there were skulls displayed in a threatening and trophy-like manner. The problem I had with this was the lack of humanoid skulls. The closest seemed to belong to a monkey, and it was also awful quality, even with all graphics on 'ultra'. So I scrapped that idea.
In the end, I went with my initial idea of the Northern Lights.
This shot is edited. As you all well know, the sky in Storm Peaks is a very rich blue, and the Northern Lights don't have much in the way of the iconic green hue, so I added a bit of yellow and green to it myself in GIMP, and darkened the sky. I also layered a few different shots over eachother to get multiple lightning bolts, as opposed to the one or twin-branched bolts that I had gotten in every one of my 50 or so shots. Yes, 'print screen' is my best friend this month.
As simple as it is, I like it. I had originally thought of the Northern Lights as a sort of heavenly sign, if you will, but I hadn't anticipated the lightning bolts. Who knew Storm Peaks was relatively stormy? But I think it worked to my advantage. If you want to see it as a heavenly sign, there are several different readings. Is it a case of, while everything is grim and against you now, things will get a lot better? Or will you choose to just look at the lights, or just the lightning and glean whatever 'sign' you're looking for from that instead?
My first idea was the Aurora Borealis in Storm Peaks, but I disregarded it when I thought of something else shortly after. I wanted to get a shot of ruined ships with a few masts sticking out of the water. I flew along the coasts of the Southern Barrens right the way down to Tanaris, but I didn't find anything. I was little surprised. I did find a few ships here and there, but no ship 'graveyards' so to speak, and certainly none with masts breaking the water surface. So, I went over to the Eastern Kingdoms, namely Stranglethorn Vale. There, I found some ship masts, but only two ships. I had wanted about five ideally, but I'd have settled for three to four, but there was nothing but those two.
Koruth suggested, since I was following the thought line of warnings as a 'sign', that I head over to the Wolvar encampments in Sholazar Basin. Sure enough, there were skulls displayed in a threatening and trophy-like manner. The problem I had with this was the lack of humanoid skulls. The closest seemed to belong to a monkey, and it was also awful quality, even with all graphics on 'ultra'. So I scrapped that idea.
In the end, I went with my initial idea of the Northern Lights.
This shot is edited. As you all well know, the sky in Storm Peaks is a very rich blue, and the Northern Lights don't have much in the way of the iconic green hue, so I added a bit of yellow and green to it myself in GIMP, and darkened the sky. I also layered a few different shots over eachother to get multiple lightning bolts, as opposed to the one or twin-branched bolts that I had gotten in every one of my 50 or so shots. Yes, 'print screen' is my best friend this month.
As simple as it is, I like it. I had originally thought of the Northern Lights as a sort of heavenly sign, if you will, but I hadn't anticipated the lightning bolts. Who knew Storm Peaks was relatively stormy? But I think it worked to my advantage. If you want to see it as a heavenly sign, there are several different readings. Is it a case of, while everything is grim and against you now, things will get a lot better? Or will you choose to just look at the lights, or just the lightning and glean whatever 'sign' you're looking for from that instead?
Beautiful! I love the aurora borealis! Seen it a few times myself in Norway, it's amazing, and this screenshot reminds me of it.
ReplyDeleteThank you! You're so lucky - I'd love to see it myself. I'd love to visit Norway or a place like that, but the one place I REALLY want to go is the Arctic :D and I'd probably get a pretty nice view there, too!
ReplyDeleteWhere do you live? I'd love to see the Arctic, the glaciers there before they melt away and polar bears. And I bet the aurora is much brighter in the Artic :D
ReplyDeleteI live in England. It's nice enough, and occasionally the Northern Lights can be spotted from the North of the country, but I live along the southern coast :( You? And that is exactly my reasoning for wanting to go to the Arctic - to see it all before it melts away. I'm sure, if it did melt away, it would be back eventually, that's one thing that the earth always does - bounce back.
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