This is the place where you should post your entries to the Dragons Around the World competition.
The model or video must be posted as a comment to this post in order to be considered as the competition entry. However, feel free to share it on your social media or in our Capturing Reality Arena.
Feel free to comment, admire, give advice, but please be polite and stick to the rules of the forum and the competition****.
We are looking forward to seeing many amazing videos and models.
For those who have just stumbled across this group:
The aim of this competition is to create a 3D model of a dragon:
No matter the size
Write a little backstory
Specify the location of a dragon
Provide technical aspects of the processing (how many photos, techniques).
Here you can find more information on the competition and how to participate.
Seiryū known as the Azure Dragon protector of Kyoto (japan) and One of the 5 gods of the the Onmyōdō “the Way of Yin and Yang”
he represents the season: Spring, the material: Wood and the East direction
the 4 others gods are:
Byakko is the white tiger representing Autumn and Metal and the West direction
Suzaku: the Vermillion Sparrow, representing Summer and Fire and the South direction
Genbu: the Black Tortoisel, representing Winter and Water and the North direction
Kirin: The Yellow Dragon, representing the Changing Seasons and Earth to the Center
those 5 gods are linked to the Kuji-kiri, esoterism practice, known in Shugendo and Shingon Mikkyo
this statue is from a fountain (chozuya) located to Heian-jingu in Kyoto represented in a pair with Byakko is the white tiger, they show the east and the west
The most famous dragon in Poland:] Wawel Dragon. To create this model together with my brother, we took 769 photos. 250 from the air(DJI Phantom 4Pro) and 520 from the ground(Nikon D810). Unfortunately lighting conditions were not favorable:/ Using a tool like Colorchecker was totally useless:/ This is Raw mesh edited only in RC and exported to Sketchfab directly from RC.
Waiting to detect other dragons in Italy, I propose the 3D scan of this bas-relief in city where I live, Pisa, and precisely placed in most important monument of city, the leaning tower. Bas-reliefs are two, one on right and one on left of the tower entrance (the one on right is being processed) and depict a bear, a dragon and a ram. The Middle Ages was an era full of symbolism and some believe that these figures represent the constellations to which they refer (Ursa major, Draco and Aries).
Made with 84 images Nikon D850, 200mm
3D model RAW is 12 M polygons, reduced to 100k for publication on Sketchfab
Camera: Nikon D610
Lens: Nikon AF NIKKOR 28mm f/2.8D
Tripod + Monopod, Camera Crane, Xrite ColorChecker
2 hours of shooting pictures
The second monument of the Wawel Dragon in Krakow. It’s called forgotten because even local inhabitants don’t know about it existment of this monumen, tourist guides also do not write anything about it. Historical background of it is unknown and not directly specified. It was cast in 2004, the author is P. Piszczkiewicz, placed on a pedestal around which an exhibition for paving products was arranged in the form of an arranged park space. For many years, the monument destroyed and undergo devastation, the monument has many cavities - lack of tail, paws, claws. The area on which the Dragon stands is neglected and belongs to the Treasury and is leased by a private paving company. Poland, Krakow - Nowa Huta, Kornela Makuszyńskiego street. https://goo.gl/maps/nhBqyJqzK2x
Mascot of the Chair of Metal Science and Powder Metallurgy - AGH University of Science and Technology
Camera: Nikon D610
Lens: Nikon AF NIKKOR 28mm f/2.8D
Polarizing filter, Xrite ColorChecker, Monopod
about 30 minutes of shooting pictures, most of them were taked form hand
Prince Krak (also known as Krakus) is the legendary ruler of Poland with its headquarters in the city of Wawel. The name Krakow is derived from his name. Krakus is credited with many great deeds, including the defeat of the dragon, depending on the version of the legend - alone or with the help of a shoemaker Skuby. In the applications he is presented as a wise and just man, and at the same time long-lived.
In fact, historical Krak could have been the leader of the Vistula tribe who came to Lesser Poland around 700 AD He probably reigned in the first half of the eighth century. Mentioned in “The Life of Saint Methodius”, a strong prince sitting at Wiślech could be one of his successors.
Camera: Nikon D610
Lens: Nikon AF NIKKOR 28mm f/2.8D
Xrite ColorChecker, Monopod
less than 1 hour of shooting pictures, most of them were taked form hand
Here is the second dragon, in bas-relief, to the right of the entrance to the tower of Pisa. In the scene there is a bull, a dragon and a bear that bites the dragon’s tail. Below an inscription reads: “+ AN DNI (M) CLXXIIII CAPANILE HOC FVIT FVDATVS MSE AVG” which means “This bell tower was founded in the year 1174 in the month of August”.
After searching for dragons for many days in my city and finding some interesting ones (the medieval dragons of the tower of Pisa), I came across Giulio Golinelli’s marvelous sculptures (https://giuliogolinelli.eu/biografia/).
I wrote to him and requested permission to digitize his dragon sculptures, which are extremely detailed.
I´ve picked this amazing Thai Dragon, guardian at the entrance of a Buddhist Temple. Location; Benálmadena, Málaga (Spain). https://goo.gl/maps/VQsGwqfxuYB2
Here is the result of it!. I hope you guys like it!!.
Due to the weather and lighting conditions, I had to cover the hole model in two differents days, which results on two different lighting situations, there for I decided that since the model in real life were B&W, post processing all the images to B&W removing the colors, could be the perfect way to avoid those lighting and colors, to interfeer into the final model.
Reality Capture Screenshots;
Final Render;
Created from 695 images (Canon SL1- 18-55mm).
Finally I would love to thank the organizers of this challenge, and to all of you, that promotes photogrammetry, pushing every day its infinite possibilities even further!!.
Dragon and Samurai Known as the “One Eyed Dragon of the North”
In Aoba shirine (Sendai Japan), chozusha (purification trough) consist of a stone water basin, with Dragon and Masamune Date (1567–1636) statue, covered by a structure. Known as the “One Eyed Dragon of the North”, Masamune Date, the lord of Sendai, was an outstanding tactician, a brilliant leader, fearless warrior, and was one of the most intelligent regional ruler of his time.
#RCdragons#realitycapture
255 images from Panasonic Lumix-GH4. No post-processing.
Dragon pillars or Long Zhu is a form of Chinese decorative arts and architecture that is popular in the palace, temples and shrines
The carving of the dragon pillar is carved on stone and wood.
Some decorated with multi-colored glazed tiles.
The dragon will appear in the manner of twisting around the pole or in a soaring position on the clouds.
Chinese people often say that they are dragon species. Or known as " Longteruan " meaning dragon blood. Implies the descent of the same root.
Dragon in the meaning of Chinese is more than a mythical animal or a magical animal in the annals.
Believed that dragons were created from the introduction of unique symbols of ancient tribes and gathered by “Huang Yi”
Including the head of a pig, the ear of a cow, the beard of a goat, the horn of a deer, the body of a snake, the fish’s scales and the hawk 's feet
Come together as a worship pillar that has a Totem style.
It may be possible to create a sacrifice and worship.
And it may be possible to create for each tribe that has the same symbol. That is the origin of the image “Dragon”.
The symbol of the dragon not only believed that there was a mysterious power
It still believed in the supernatural power of dragons that bring rain and rain to humanity, bring abundance prosperity, and happiness to people.
Therefore, the dragon symbol is created in different parts of Chinese architecture.
Whether it is a roof, wall, window, floor and pillar used to support the weight of the building all created in a dragon pattern.
The creation of a dragon dragged around the pole, therefore, there is a source and conform to the beliefs of the dragon.
Because the meaning that is hidden in the dragon is goodness, glory and trust that it is a magical animal and has great power over any other magical creature.
All 1,680 images.
1186 from the air (DJI Phantom 4Pro)
and 494 from the ground (Camera:Sony A7R II lense 28 mm f2, 90mm f2.8 ).
We flown manually to capture the images because the narrow and not secure area for flight with the program.
On ground most of the photos were taken from hand some of them were supported with tripod.
Both we use 2.5 hours of shooting photos.
No Post processing.
It very hard to scan because of shiny and reflection surface. and it height 6.9 meters.
Location: Golden dragon cave temple Ratchaburi Thailand
The scanned dragon is located in the heart of Copenhagen close to the old harbor and is a part of the ‘Dragon Tower’. Building designed by architects Emil Blichfeldt (1849-1908) and Geoffrey Tvede (1863-1947).
The capture has taken place nearly 2 years ago, back in my work days in the ‘Dragon Tower’.
The sculpture is positioned about 4m above the ground, which didn’t make it easy to get the right camera angles. Most of the photos have been taken from an eye-level with variable focal lengths. Shooting it from across the street with 300mm gave a better perspective on the top parts and more close-up shots have been taken with a monopod lifted as high as possible. After convincing confused neighbors from a building across the street, I was able to get extra footage from above the dragon. However, some of the top data still remains missing.
Reconstruction in Reality Capture at High detail took around 24 hours and resulted in 449 parts and 676.5M tris.
Sketchfab model simplified to 200k and texture reprojected from a 30M textured mesh.
All the processing was done A-Z in Reality Capture without models leaving the software. Apart from the ‘Upload to Sketchfab’ process, since it wasn’t working due to a script error.
Here is one I shot on a family Vacation last Month. I didn’t know anything about the contest at the time. I love to shoot a dozen or so solves when I’m on vacation (although my kids think its funny)
Tsukubai (Purification Wash Basin) at Senso-ji Temple,
Tsukubai Senso-ji Sensoji (浅草寺, Sensōji, also known as Asakusa Kannon Temple) is a Buddhist temple located in Asakusa. It is one of Tokyo’s most colorful and popular temples.
The legend says that in the year 628, two brothers fished a statue of Kannon, the goddess of mercy, out of the Sumida River, and even though they put the statue back into the river, it always returned to them. Consequently, Sensoji was built nearby for the goddess of Kannon. The temple was completed in 645, making it Tokyo’s oldest temple.
Shot By Ken Stranahan on A family Vacation on Feb 19.
its not a great quality shoot like we do at work. But I love what I do and just happened to Shoot a dragon! .
the solve was from was 137 Images On a Sony A7s Shot in about 5 minutes.
I was looking for a dragon statue for days near Budapest, but I couldn’t find one that I would have liked or that posed a challenge from a photogrammetric aspect/point of view, so I was thinking of an unusual idea. I made several scans for museums and as I could recall, I saw a particularly spectacular preparation/taxidermy in the national natural history museum, so I thought I can give it a try. Fortunately, the heads of the museum were really helpful and they supported the capturing and produced the necessary documents.
I was lucky with the light-conditions and the hall was not crowded, so I could take photos with no pressure on me.
My gear: During capturing, I used X-rite Color Chart, as a camera: Sony α 6000 with Sony E PZ 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS and Sony SEL 30mm f/3.5 Macro lens, plus led ring light for darker close-ups. For the upper angle, I used Manfrotto Compac Monopod with RM-VS1 wired shutter release remote controller.
I used version 1.0.3.6310 Steam RC.
Hope you like the result
The model and the previews have no post process, but in the future I will clean it and make some additional render.
Hello
I add this model for the competition:
* shot a year ago (I don"t have anymore the datas from RC)
* shot with a NX500 / NX45: 1500 pics (around)
Name:
Zennyo Ryūō and Kūkai
Description:
Zennyo Ryūō is one of the Hachi-ryūō (8 Dragon Kings), also known as rain-god.
Kūkai also known as Kōbō-Daishi, propagated buddhism in japan between the 8th and 9th centuries, founder of the Shingon sect: esoteric buddhism, learnt after studying in china, He is also known as creator of the terakoya (system of free education for everyone without distinctions)
creator of the Jūjūshinron (treatise of the 10 stages of the development of mind), popularized the Sokushinbutsu: entrance in buddhism mummificatition while alive by ascetism
Kūkai is the most known spiritual founder of japan, from arts (poems, calligraphy…) to social actions and spiritual devotions, he is respected and still admired
According to the Konjaku Monogatarishū wrote between 790-1180:
The emperor Saga requested to Kūkai by practicing the doctrine of the sutra of rain-praying (daiunkyō), to solve the long period of dryness which happens. After 7 days of ritual the rain-god appeared to him to let him know that everything will be solved, then a dark cloud arrived and rain was pourring down. statue located to Ryusenji in dorogawa
PS: the sound is a practicing made everyday at the temple
