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That's not IL2, that's a photo

Another good one.

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:lol: Definitely not photo quality, Avala, but thanks a lot, M8 :!:

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Yeah, Avala, as Riga would say, it would at least need shadows on the water to even begin to qualify for photoreal. :wink:

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Hmm. I'll be smart now. Regarding from which side sun comes, and you can see that looking how mountains in the back are lit, and when you see density of the waves, it would be very hard to see any reflection on that water. Especially when you take in consideration angle from which photos was taken and of course "Fresnel" effect (rays of light and with what angle they hit reflective and transparent surfaces). We have Fresnel effect done in IL2 perfectly BTW, that's why waters are looking so good.

So, in my opinion you have it perfect, only complain I would have is that planes could have some more lighting and shadowing on them. Sun rays also hits their surfaces at different angles, so range of light on them would be very wide from glittering spots to almost black shadows.

And why would people think it is not realistic, is of course another thing. But for most reasons is that most of people expect something to look the way they are thought to think of those thing. That could be that most of us are prone to stereotypes or cliches in everyday lives. Something that sycology :mrgreen: would call "programs" (which produces wishful thinking BTW).

There is good story which says that Indian medicine man didn't see Christopher Columbus's ships in front of him, just because he didn't have conscious knowledge of them, and he just didn't comprehend them. He expect (and that is crucial word) ships to be small.

Well, that's what would physics of optics and psychology said, but anyway it is good composite.

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Interesting thoughts, Avala! Thanks again, M8 :!: