3D Still Scenes

In 1995, when I moved to Anchorage, I shot this photo on 35mm film. It's a time exposure of a water wheel, cropped for use here. I was experimenting with using that image for a possible jet exhaust, when I discovered another effect, entirely by accident. Using the (PNG with Alpha) image of the water spray as a displacement map, it produces a pretty convincing snow/glacier effect. The mesh itself is a single polygon.

You just never know what will come of a little playing around and experimentation.