Lands End

[Jonathan]

Hi All, picked up a lighthouse (TerrAde) and used various Xfrog plants to have a go at this....hope you like J

[jamfull]

Cool composition. Your bird at the shore line looks to be 10-15m in the air (judging by the distance the shadow and refection are from each other). You may want to check the objects elevation.

James

[Dune]

I think the swan is about 5 times too big at that location, in comparison to the trees. And I think you need to get some displacement in the muddy/grassy area.

[Jonathan]

Thanks guys - yes now you come to mention it the Swan does seem to be doing a strange hovering over the shore....and is rather too large. I will have a to send him back to earth...and will try some displacement on the shore. J

[Zairyn Arsyn]

yes that swan seems a bit big

i think the shore could maybe use some better texturing / surfacing
the trees look good tho' 

[inkydigit]

nicely set up!
If you are having problems setting the swan on the shore as a single object, you can make sure that it is sitting on the shore, by using a very small (area) population of required object, with restrictions applied to the said object's rotation (and spacing)...

[Jonathan]

Hi All,

Second attempt. Have managed some displacement on the shore to represent mud and anchored the swan to the ground, plus darkened the red on the lighthouse which was a bit pinky. Comments welcome as usual!

[Kadri]

Looks good  
The one thing now that stands out to me is the texture of the Lighthouse.
There are some photos that look nearly like this, but i think just a little power fractal dirt that is barely visible would be good too.

[Jonathan]

Good idea Just working on my first animation but will have a go at dirtying the lighthouse. J