Halo Photography

GametagAeonFlux · Post by **GametagAeonFlux** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:13 pm

iGeo wrote:I think we should hear from Chad before anyone makes a WIP thread, because to be honest we don't need any more Stickies...

Who says it'll be stickied?

xbox7887 · Post by **xbox7887** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:22 am

WIP ftl...I haven't seen a decent image from this thread in forever. The whole point of this topic was to capture the beauty of the engine, not your mods

kibito87 · Post by **kibito87** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:11 am

xbox7887 wrote:WIP ftl...I haven't seen a decent image from this thread in forever. The whole point of this topic was to capture the beauty of the engine, not your mods

You didn't enjoy the shots I took on page 249? I thought they were pretty good

theycallmechad · Post by **theycallmechad** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 4:52 am

The Law:

As defined by Dictionary.com, Photography is '"the art or process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces." Now, though what we take can never be true "photography" (being how we have no true photosensitive surface), I would like to point out the most important part of the definition: "the art."

Back when Halo 2 was released, each of us (myself included) feasted on the limited supply of H2 screenshots. We hungered for them, and more never seemed to be enough. Bungie showed us Halo in ways that we had never before seen it, and it made us love the game before we had ever even played it.

With this in mind, I decided that we as Halo modders have much to offer the world (and each other) in the way of Halo Photography. We can freeze game time, move the camera angle to where ever we like it, and capture the game in ways nobody has ever captured it before. What's more, we can actually edit the physical appearance of the game to look like whatever we desire. Sure, Bungie made a bunch of amazing Halo photographs, but we are capable of so much more.

Now with the Beta Mods: I have myself posted pictures of my beta mods; however, with each and every one of them, I was careful to make sure the shot was well composed, HUD free, and, in a sense, taken with a sense of "art." There is no room here for snapshots of a WIP. This is for Composed, well-prepared and thought out photographs. If you wish to post a WIP, make sure it's a well-thought picture (much like Bungie WIP pictures). Pictures of mods are what makes a Photography section on a modding forum so unique.

Finally, I do not want to see a single picture of the HUD from this point on. That was made very clear in my first post of this thread, and I expect you all to respect that. If the picture you're posting isn't trying (in an aesthetic way) to help people experience the game in new ways, it shouldn't be posted at all.

The End.

ScottyGEE · Post by **ScottyGEE** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:19 pm

This thread is hereby locked for approximatley 2 days unless said otherwise by Chad (Just so you know, he was the one who suggested this move. I agree with it).

Why? So the message gets through to the people of halomods about Chad's reaffirmed law. Unfortunatley, it was forgotten for a period of time until we came to this.

So please take the time to read Chad's post and follow it for when this thread is unlocked in a few days.

I would also like to point out, that people who do want critique on their WIPs is to make a thread about it. Not only has it been allowed for all time, it is the purpose of the pictures section of halomods. If you post WIPs in their own respective thread, people can focus solely on your work without having to either clog up other people's veiwspace in the photography thread or become unnoticed by other photo's/WIPs.

I hope you can all respect this and for those who have awesome photography, to wait just a few days and post it then.

Thanks all

While waiting, may I suggest that you revisit old posts here? There are probably hundreds of photos that you've missed out on and will probably enjoy. It'd also bring back some old memories from older photos that you have seen.

-ScottyGEE out.

UNLOCKED! ENJOY PEOPLE!

HellaWack · Post by **HellaWack** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:36 pm

Yay for unlockedness!! This pic fits the occasion perfectly.

JacksonCougAr · Post by **JacksonCougAr** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:44 pm

I just thought I;d post theese; Oooo; and a teaser XD

StalkingGrunt911 · Post by **StalkingGrunt911** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:52 pm

Never seen rain keep going underwater after hitting the water.

@HellaWack: Don't upload your pictures to Halomods, use Imageshack or Photobucket.

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:53 pm

It's magic rain. >_>

JacksonCougAr · Post by **JacksonCougAr** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:59 pm

Thank you Tural

I just KNEW someone would figure it out!

Edited it so you could see what drove me to take the picture.

shade45 · Post by **shade45** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 6:29 pm

I like that it looks like the thunder is actually coming out of the sky.

Hawaiian Modder · Post by **Hawaiian Modder** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 6:30 pm

shade45 wrote:I like that it looks like the thunder is actually coming out of the sky.

>_<

I wanna know how you get lightning to work in halo 2.

TomClancey · Post by **TomClancey** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 6:30 pm

shade45 wrote:I like that it looks like the thunder is actually coming out of the sky.

You mean lightning?

Thunder is a sound. ;x

Edit:
Blast, Hawaiian beet me to it.

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:33 pm

Hawaiian Modder wrote:I wanna know how you get lightning to work in halo 2.

Pretty sure it's just a sky bitmap, as it is in 04a_gasgiant.map.

DarkShallFall · Post by **DarkShallFall** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:40 pm

Its terminal's sky. Back to topic, Nice Wake pictures

In Nomine Dole · Post by **In Nomine Dole** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:57 pm

TomClancey wrote:You mean lighting?

You mean lightning?

JacksonCougAr · Post by **JacksonCougAr** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 9:03 pm

fog makes Wake_Island look way more stormy...

T1xAnton · Post by **T1xAnton** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:05 am

JacksonCougAr wrote:Thank you Tural I just KNEW someone would figure it out!

Edited it so you could see what drove me to take the picture.
[MYSELF TAG]http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i77/j ... ograpy.png[/MYSELF TAG]

Is it because there is no rocks? (SBSP Scenery)

xzodia · Post by **xzodia** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:23 am

T1xAnton wrote:
JacksonCougAr wrote:Thank you Tural I just KNEW someone would figure it out!

Edited it so you could see what drove me to take the picture.
[MYSELF TAG]http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i77/j ... ograpy.png[/MYSELF TAG]
Is it because there is no rocks? (SBSP Scenery)

i would say its because theres no black marks on the ground where the rocks should be

JacksonCougAr · Post by **JacksonCougAr** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:32 am

>_> No. It looks cexy. --_-- The reason there none of that other stuff is because its a different lightmap.