1. Fall Sunset on Venus

Venus

Since Venus is even closer to the Sun than Earth, I decided that their sunsets would be full of even warmer and bolder colors than we see here. I used five lights in addition to the cyc. The cyc lights have AP2220 on top, and AP1800 on the bottom.  I placed two side lights at -23 degrees elevation level stage right and stage left  with gel AP6400 at 50%. I placed a front light at 42 degree elevation level, 48 degree side angle, with gel 40/40 at 50%. There is another front light at 42 degrees elevation level and 48 degrees side angle with gel 54/40 at 50%. Finally there is a front light at 54 degrees elevation level with gel L279 at 60%.
2. Spring Sunrise on New England on Earth
New England
I wanted to capture the serene moment of the sun rising and the day starting, using lots of natural colors. For the cyc I used G860 at Full on top, G388 at full on the bottom. The scene features three backlights with R 15 at full. One SR at -19 degree elevation angle, and 56 degree back angle, one at 54 degree elevation angle, and one SL at 19 degree elevation angle, and 56 degree back angle. There is also a front light SR at 31 degrees elevation angle and 29 degrees side angle, with L053 at 75% and another SL at 31 degrees elevation angle and 29 degrees side angle with L775 at 75%.
3. Noon on a hot summer day on Mars
Mars
The red planet needed lighting to match, particularly at noon in the summer, so I used lots of reds, pinks, and oranges. The cyc lights are: top AP2180 at 50%, R27 at 75% and all others at 0%, bottom R39 at 40%, R27 at full, and all others at 0%. There is a front light SR at 29 degree elevation and 37 degrees side angle, with gel R2003 at 25%. There is another front light SR at 48 degrees elevation and 37 degrees side angle with gel R4615 at 75%. There is a direct downlight at 90 degrees elevation with 67/95 at Full.  There is a front light SL at 29 degree elevation and 37 degrees side angle, with gel R2003 at 25%. There is another front light SL at 48 degrees elevation and 37 degrees side angle with gel R4615 at 75%.
4. Winter Afternoon on Saturn
Saturn
For this scenario I figured that since Saturn was so far from the sun, it would get significantly less light and color than in the other scenarios. I tried to also capture the desolate grey-ness that is also so prevalent in the winter months. The cyc lights on the top are at NC full, red full, green full, and blue full. The cyc lights on the bottom are at NC 50% and all the rest 0%. Three other lights were used, inluding a frontlight SR at 37 degrees elevation 56 degrees side angle with gel RE187 at 75%. There is another frontlight SL at 37 degrees elevation 56 degrees side angle with gel RE63 at 75%. There is a final front light at a 35 degree elevation angle with gel RE217 at 50%.

 

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