New Image

[Buzzzzz]

New Image in my Gallery if you are interested.

http://buzzzzzart.com/Gallery/Buzzzzzs-TG2/Saint_Helens_3_31_07_framed?full=1

Feel free to comment if you like. 

[old_blaggard]

I love the clouds and texturing!  The realism and point of view are also great!  Just for the sake of having something to criticize , the shadows seem a bit too dark for me.

[RealUser]

Nice image! The only thing i have to criticize is the grainy look of the trees. But that is not your fault! Either it depends on the basic quality of the xfrog trees or TG2TP has a general problem with trees, because i have seen these "artifacts" in many images with trees.

[Keiyentai]

Absolutely amazing Buzzzzz been a fan of your art for a while now. I live North of St. Helens and it looks Amazing.

[Will]

great job man, thats from the dem right? great cloud work and texturing.

Regards,

Will

[Buzzzzz]

Thanks for the comments and suggestions Gang.

Lets discuss the trees a little further.  I don't think it's a problem with the Trees from XFrog. I had them set on High Quality with 30 variations in the render. Here's a screen shot of a tree from one of the earlier versions of this image. I think the side lighting has much to do with the detail that you see. The final render kept the exact same lighting on the distant trees. Actually I prefer to see a little detail and variation in color in trees so they don't look flat black or painted in. I think this sample tree attached looks pretty good. I guess it also depends weather or not you view on a LCD Monitor as they do tend to make things look sharper and more pixelated.  I suppose it's just a matter of individual taste.