Posted by Lou Pilder on June 20, 2007, at 21:36:01
In reply to Re: Lou's reply to Sigismund-evo, posted by Sigismund on June 20, 2007, at 19:00:00
> At this time of year people go down to the sea and watch the whales. Sometimes they flap their fins or whatever they have, and sometimes they leap. I have never seen one leap out of the water, but it would be interesting to compare the two. That beast *seemed* to be using its tail, as opposed to (say) being ejected from an underwater platform by some device, but then people don't have to do anything like that these days, do they? They just learn how to use Maya or Photoshop or whatever it is and do it that way.
> As for the prehistoric monsters>cats>behaviour>authenticity argument, I can't fault it.Sigismund,
You wrote,[...go down to the sea...flap..fins...leap...never seen one...using its tail...being ejected...people don't have to do anything...do it that way...cats...can't fault...].
Here is the same video from an Oriental web site that may give more clarity. Notce at the start that there is a mountian-like scene that could be the Loch. Notice also that the tail is the type that could give acceleration and that the roll could be in such a way to be consitant with other jumping water creatures.
Lou
http://blog.xuite.net/kittav3/g/12134852
poster:Lou Pilder
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