Week 2: Independent Study

5 Reference Images of Landscapes

Yosemite National Park, California, USA

Yosemite National Park, one of the first wilderness parks in the United States, is best known for its waterfalls.  Within its nearly 1,200 square miles, you can find deep valleys, grand meadows, ancient giant sequoias, and vast wilderness all collaborated which creates a really nice aesthetic feel.  As you can see the open space creates a lot of sunlight and fresh breeze.

Picture Link: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/yosemite-national-park

Sundarban Rainforest, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Sundarban is one of the largest single block of tidal mangrove forest in the world.  Sundarban harbors 334 species of trees, shrubs and epiphytes and 269 species of wild animals. World renowned Royal Bengal Tiger is the magnificent animal of Sundarban 

Picture Link: http://www.greenchannelbd.com/tourdetail.php?id=5&n=World%20Heritage%20Sundarban

Mount Everest, Himalayas, Nepal

 The highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest, stands out among the jagged landscape of the Himalayan Mountain range.  Mount Everest has been carved by glaciers that move under the stress of their own weight.  The resulting sharp peaks, steep walls, and U- Shaped valleys characterize the almost surreal landscape.

Picture Link: http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2013/apr/04/everest-conquered-from-air-1933

Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

The Grand Cayon is a steep sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the United States.  Weather in the grand canyon varies according to elevation.  The forested rims are high enough to receive winter snowfall, but along the Colorado River, temperatures are similar to those found in other low elevation desert locations in Arizona,

Picture Link: http://www.canyontours.com/grand-canyon-tours/

Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

The Great barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system and composed of over 2900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2500kms.  The reefs structure is composed of and built by billions of tiny organisms.

Picture Link: http://www.acfonline.org.au/about-us/our-success-stories/conserving-great-barrier

Week 2: Lecture Reflection 

In this weeks lecture we discussed real vs unreal sculptures.  We also saw some Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) demos in which we got to see how they are used. What i found most interesting were the hyper realism sculptures and to the amount of detail each of the sculptures went into which is something i would probably like to research more deeply to get an even better appreciation.