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A short day in Morthal

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  1. Isleen
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    Welcome back to the mythical part of Skyrim - the Swamps.
    What a lovely and beautiful set, my dear. The chosen LUT fits Morthal perfectly.. that I have to admit. But I'm missing something in this set. There's something special about this region in Skyrim. You've missed the deathbells... and you can't really put in a Morthal Image set without a Deathbell.

    So please.. can we have one? Next to main image

    It's a great set of my second favorite area in Skyrim. Let's see when you hit the first.
    1. Excellentium
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      Thank you very much, Mydame!

      I'm still very much more active in Enderal as I want to see it through with at least one character, but I also miss Skyrim and the world in high-quality textures. I really just wanted to play some casually with this save, but the yearning for screenshots run deep within me nowadays, so I couldn't let go. I only stopped at certain hours in the game though and took a few images from that moment before moving on again. That's probably why I left out the iconic deathbells as I did with the rest of the beautiful marshland. This region is certainly my favorite area of Skyrim even though I have a lot of favorite spots in other Holds.

      I'm guessing your favorite area is Windhelm - unless we're talking about Dwemer depths - but I base that only on the images I've seen from you in the past. You do seem to love the wintery cold capital of the east...

      A deathbell shot, eh? I'll see what I can find the next time I start up Skyrim again...or maybe I have one still not posted among the hundreds of shots laying in wait on my harddrive. I'll take a look...
    2. Isleen
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      Windhelm is not even Top 3. You need to look more South one hint: It's not Riften
    3. Excellentium
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      I see... Well, if it's south of Windhelm and not Riften it's either the volcanic ground of Eastmarch or the forests of Falkreath... Unless it's somewhere more specific within the Rift Hold of course...
    4. Isleen
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      The Forest Region around Falkreath
  2. serkethetyt
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    I really like the Swamp part of Skyrim and I looooove Idgrod Raven-Crone! I'm always sad because she is deposed after the Civil War questline for Stormcloak side.
    The wet shine on the pics are very cool, I can feel everything "sticking" in that place, like my city during the winter HAHAHA
    Beautifully done, Rick!
    1. Excellentium
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      The marshland of Hjaalmarch is my favorite area of Skyrim. I've always liked cold swamplands, rugged moors, fens, mires and wetlands. Maybe because we have rather few of those up here in the north, I don't know? I mean, I'm pretty spoiled with high mountains and deep forests of pine, fir and spruce. I do enjoy such areas too of course as it's my homeland, but marshes are more mystical to me.

      Idgrod is indeed a very likeable and interesting character in the game. I feel she's the only one that resembles the true "völva" of the Norsemen (the rest of Skyrim is basically the Norse culture anyway with Sovngarde being Valhalla). That's another reason Skyrim gets to me this much as it's part of my culture. Sweden is quite old as a nation compared to many countries today and before that we had the Vikings here and Swedish Vikings were actually the once that stayed true to their Pagan beliefs the longest. They travelled mostly to the south or east though (on rivers through Germany, Poland, Russia) and were not as big part of the raids of England and France as the Norweigan or Danish Vikings were.

      I love the wetness effect! It's not always visible with many of the LUT's I use, but this particular one is both dark and realistic and it absorbs this wetness wonderfully!.

      Thank you most kindly, my dear!
    2. serkethetyt
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      Oh, we don't have many closed forests here, except for the Atlantic forest that the government seems to want to destroy even more, but as the country is sooo big, this is very distant from me. Where I live we have a milder climate, but not so much. Summers are very hot, and winters are very cold, and snowing in Brazil seems funny, but it does happen a little here. If you search Google for "Pampa gaucho" you will see what the vegetation in the region looks like, but my city is lower than that, we are surrounded by the sea on all sides (I hope the level will never rise or we will be the next Atlantis HAHAHA)
  3. PatrickTheDM
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    Very dark and gloomy, perfect for the swamp.
    1. Excellentium
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      It's a wonderful LUT to use, very much one of my top favorites...

      I know you're very caught up with Rudy ENB and since I used to play the game a lot with it as well, I'd say this LUT is very close to Rudy, although much darker. The wet effect applies as well as many of the specific ambient light effects, perhaps not as glowing and shiny as with Rudy, but still there.
  4. Imrazon
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    Beautiful set. The LUT fits well to Morthal. Love the landscapes.
    1. Excellentium
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      This is probably the most realistic LUT of all included in the mod RevoLUTion. It's quite dark though - which I like - and nights turn almost pitchblack. I use this one a lot for casual gameplay and I wasn't really supposed to snap any screenshots, but I'm guessing I'm "too damaged" by now not doing it at all...

      Thanks a lot, Gerd!
  5. GTXFan
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    i love such detailed groundtextures!!
    1. Excellentium
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      They sure are great as backgrounds for shots with simplicty. Since I do a lot of closeups of plants and other stuff it's great compliment to the image in whole...
  6. kozakowy
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    Beautiful set. Simplistic in form. I really like the closeups here. Such nicely captured faces
    1. Excellentium
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      Thank you very much! I didn't really plan on doing screenshots at all for this save, as I do enjoy just casual playing too, but I'm guessing I'm "too much into" the art form to let it go...

      Didn't overthink it too much in this set though which is probably why it acts both simple and realistic. Lots of nice faces to capture in the game thanks to all the wonderful mods...
  7. Darkbladewriter
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    Nice main pic, understated, simple.
    1. Excellentium
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      Many thanks! Simplicity is often more friendly for the eye as it gives a serene and calm mood to the viewer..