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   PatrickTheDM

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   13 January 2019, 10:48PM

   Looking good. I read down and saw how your doing so many different looks for the ENB, very nice Rick.
   
   Embershard mine is on my list of things to mod, eventually.
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   FastBlackCat

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   12 January 2019, 7:30AM

   Great set showcasing this nice looking armor.
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   User_42537105

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   12 January 2019, 3:17AM

   This enb and what it's capable of in your hands still amazes me. This is another great looking character and the Nordic armor really fits her look. The mine is very familiar, but I've never seen it in this kind of lighting. Very nice.
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   Dibthelegend

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   12 January 2019, 12:22AM

   Interesting de-saturated/overexposed look to these shots. I recognized the mine immediately, it's one of my go-to early game locations haha.
   Nice set, Rick :)
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      Excellentium

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      12 January 2019, 2:04AM

      I remember - not too long ago - when I used Rudy ENB and only Rudy for everything. I adored it and never thought I would change my ENB. Infact ENB's or images with a very high contrast to them didn't really interest me at all (not too much DOF either as I recall it). I wanted things as realistic as possible.
      
      Then Caffeine ENB was released, the follower to Antique Dragon ENB, and I just had to test it. Caffeine was more toned downed compared to the majestic AD, so it looked like something I would like. The exteriors didn't really grab me at first, but as soon as I went indoors or down a crypt/ruin/mine/whatever, the sharpness, the details and the lighting just blew me off the chair. It looked so gorgeous!
      
      So I had a bit of a personal debate for a while between either Rudy (better exteriors) or Caffeine (better interiors) until napoleonofthestump emerged out of nowhere and presented his mod RevoLUTion which added a lot of different LUT's. It was based on Caffeine, but I was still sceptic. Some of them just looked too overexposed, washed out and such. Once I saw his images though, with the LUT's, I saw a whole new angle of this whole screenart hobby. So I tested the LUT's with Caffeine...and I've been stuck with them ever since. Along with the once included in Caffeine, I have 57 LUT's to pick from and they all pretty much look different. It really did revolutionate my screenarchery which is interesting considering my feelings about such images before (those with too much contrast). Now I feel as I'm re-discovering every place in Skyrim again with so many possibilities and it's brought back so much joy about snapping shots from this game. I realise LUT's are not for everyone - I've been there myself, disliking them even - but I'm having a blast!
      
      Thanks and sorry for the long recap!
      
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      Dibthelegend

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      12 January 2019, 3:06AM

      Not at all, I can relate to your feelings on it. I must say that I'm of the same mind as you of years past, I love my Skyrim to look as realistic as possible. I've found that for myself, the photographs I appreciate the most (both real and virtual) are when beauty is found within reality. When it doesn't need to dressed up at all.
      Not that I don't like or appreciate more artistically skewed takes on it, mind you. I think filters can evoke moods and feelings from both the piece and from the viewer that just aren't possible otherwise.
      Keep doing what you do, Rick, I love looking through your sets :)