Duff Out Crop

Henry Blewer · July 05, 2010, 08:05:06 AM

Here it is in 1280 x 720. http://www.flickr.com/photos/njeneb/4760511251/sizes/o/in/photostream/

I'm am not sure I am too fond of where Flickr seems to be heading.

Henry Blewer · July 05, 2010, 08:08:36 PM

Update. I am looking for opinions.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/njeneb/4765484059/sizes/o/in/photostream/

MGebhart · July 05, 2010, 09:45:23 PM

Over all Henry it looks like you have a winner here. Great scale and lighting. Like the cloud set up a lot. The terrain colors are really cool. To me it looks like you can move on to a new project.

Henry Blewer · July 05, 2010, 10:56:30 PM

Thanks Marc. I think a full High Def image would be great. It'll take forever, but I'll render it in crops.

Dune · July 06, 2010, 02:44:17 AM

It really looks great, I agree with Marc, but may I be a nag? It might be the sunlight streaming into my workspace here, but the front woody area seems very dark and a bit 'even' to me. It lacks some focal point, something to attract your attention, so to speak. A single rocky outcrop, a pile of boulders, a little stream or lake, a cluster of differently colored shrubs/trees. Mind you, I do like the overall image, it looks very natural and realistic!

---Dune

Henry Blewer · July 06, 2010, 08:00:52 AM

Ulco, I was thinking along the same lines. The foreground is unfinished. I was thinking of adding train tracks, a wagon road, something... I just could not decide what.
I plan on doing some work with Blender. Maybe something appropriate will emerge. We have a lot of natural gas drilling starting in my area. Maybe a drilling rig?

Dune · July 07, 2010, 03:45:07 AM

Yeah, I think a drilling rig would be an excellent idea, something that really 'spoils' the landscape, but will add interest at the same time. Some leakage oil puddles and the barrels I saw on the forum, barren terrain with tracks and heaps of rubble. Great. Perhaps a free rig can be found on the web...

schmeerlap · July 07, 2010, 05:32:52 AM

A drilling rig and its detritus is a good focal idea. A simpler alternative for a focal point might be a cabin (I'm sure there are plenty freebie cabins about, you may have made one or two yourself in Blender, it'll be in the mid distance so it needn't be too well defined) at the foothills with a path leading up to it. The path will also help draw the viewer into the scene. As is this is an impressive rocky mountain scene.

John

Henry Blewer · July 07, 2010, 11:26:48 AM

There is a new resident here who is obsessed with unicorns....

Henry Blewer · July 09, 2010, 04:33:32 AM

I was panning the camera around in Terragen 2. This is one of the locations in the heightfield. I did a test render (this one) at render detail 0.325 and an AA setting of 4.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/njeneb/4776872834/sizes/o/in/photostream/

schmeerlap · July 09, 2010, 06:09:07 AM

A pleasing vista. Viewing a mountain over the top of nearby trees is always conducive to a well balanced scene. Nice composition.

John

domdib · July 09, 2010, 06:16:16 AM

Yes, this is a good viewpoint. Maybe a little snow on the tops?

Henry Blewer · July 09, 2010, 06:52:26 AM

A snow scene may be in the works. This area I was working on creating is high altityde, but little or no snow cover; being in the southwest of America.