Mountain View

[reck]

Object from Walli\NWDA.

Detail 1
AA 8
GI 3/4 with SS
Soft Shadows 0.5/9
1800x900

Render time 2h 30 mins

Do these settings sound ok for a final render?

[jamfull]

This is great!

James

[Kadri]

The mountains do look a little strange and maybe different clouds would look better but i like it.
Especially the lower part looks very nice to me

[Gannaingh]

I love the mid and foreground! Though I agree that the mountains don't match the quality of the rest of the image.

[reck]

Thanks guys. What do you think the problem is with the mountains, is it the colour, shape, both?

[Kadri]

Reck i was hoping that you do not ask this
If you think or say i wanted this there is nothing i can say. I said strange, otherwise it does not look bad , quite the opposite it looks good.
It does not look like real mountains. The shape especially. They look more like kinda crushed paper . But then it does have not to look real .
It is your image in the end 

Look here at my image. It does not look real . But i wouldn't change anything. I like it as it is.

[reck]

Kadri I love that spaceship image, especially the colours and nebula in the background.

Although it is my image I like to hear what other people think, even if they think it's pants. It helps that you've mentioned the crushed paper look and the shapes, thank you.

[Kadri]

Kadri I love that spaceship image, especially the colours and nebula in the background.
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Thanks

[Gannaingh]

in regards to my previous comment; I think the color and texture of the mountains is perfect. However, the general shape of them (at least to me) looks more like land forms from a more desert-like climate. The sharp peaks an lines look more sandblasted than all the vegetation in the rest of the image would indicate. Hopefully that helps, great image!

[reck]

Thanks for that feedback Darth, seems like the shape is the problem here. I did wonder about it myself. I might try an Alpine now I have a bit more horsepower.

[mhaze]

I've seen mountains similar to this but they tend to grassy or have lots of talus rock on the smoother parts with perhaps more very jagged outcrops.

[inkydigit]

I like this!
some really good detailing...