Calexico

[choronr]

Just had the urge for another desert scene.

[Dune]

Very nice, but you should lighten it up, IMO. I like the rocks, I like all of it except the grayish atmosphere.

[jbest]

It looks nice, like Dune said, but I think the cactus needs work. In other words, it looks too dark. Just a thought 

[volcomman1]

looks very cool and realistic!

[choronr]

Thank you all; yes, it could be lighter. The initial render was without clouds and was much brighter. Ihad the sun strength at 3.5 but reduced it to 2.5; then added the clouds. The cloud color was darkened; thus, the results you see. Maybe the next desert scene will be brighter.

[Kadri]

Choronr , i think this is a very nice image.
It only needs a little adjustment.
If you have the EXR version (i always save as EXR too) you could make this very easily .

[choronr]

Choronr , i think this is a good image.
It only needs a little adjustment.
If you have the EXR version (i always save as EXR too) you could make this very easily .

Thanks Kadri, what is the difference between the ,bmp and .exr? I've never explored this. Typically, if I plan on printing my images, I save the .bmp as a .tif.

[Kadri]

Here are other threads too but this will give you an idea Choronr.
http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=2356.0
Basically the light range is much wider as in BMP , Tiff or other 8 bit formats.
Thus you can make much better adjustments without rendering ones more the same image.
The thread is a little old. There are much more programs today that do this kind of adjustments .
HDR uses kind of the same technique .
So i save as BMP and EXR all the time.
When i think i can tweak the image in post it becomes very handy to have the EXR output.
Or you change your mind and change the appearance in a way you didn't intended at first.
It has it limits of course
After you make the changes you want you can save it in any other format you want.

[choronr]

Thank you Kadri, I will check this out.

[Oshyan]

Just make sure you have an image editor that can read and edit EXR files in full bit depth (32 bit/channel). Newer versions of Photoshop (the CS series) can do so.

- Oshyan

[choronr]

Just make sure you have an image editor that can read and edit EXR files in full bit depth (32 bit/channel). Newer versions of Photoshop (the CS series) can do so.

- Oshyan

Thanks Oshyan, I've noted that my Photoshop 7.0 has an .exr option.