Over wild skies

[FrankB]

Hi guys, I realize I haven't posted anything in a while. Actually I haven't been using TG2 in months now.

Here is something I have played with yesterday. I was in a plane recently and we were going through some fantastic, wild, multi layered skies, and the sight was truly amazing.

I have tried to capture some of that impression in this render. Hope you enjoy!

Cheers,
Frank

[inkydigit]

amazing clouds Frank...I too have seen clouds like this from a plane, you have captured them perfectly!

[Simius Strabus]

Spot-on! Very convincing clouds, like it!

[Walli]

very, very nice!

[Kadri]

Yes like i said on  Facebook it is good Frank !
The only difference is that the noise is here a little more obvious . But i think it's not a problem

[TheBadger]

I have to say that those clouds are very real looking! Worthy of an animation.

[FrankB]

thank you all, it's good to get some encouraging feedback after a long break :-)

[FrankB]

Finally I have been able to continue to work on this. I am not sure it's better than the first version, although I do like the light scattering inside the fat cloud on the right :-)

[Tangled-Universe]

Cool work Frank Having fun with your new beast

I still find the scattering in the fat cloud not right
It's a huge fat cloud and therefore it shouldn't be possible to look through it or see light being scattered that way.
Only clouds more close up look that way imo.

[TheBadger]

Looks like you made a lot of improvements particularly with cloud quality.

I would agree with T-U about the glow/light if the image was from the ground. But from the air it does not bother me at all.
Having photographed clouds from high altitude, I know that its is not enough to show things as they are, how they really look from that high up never captures how it makes you feel.

The glow/light adds to the emotion of the image for me.

So if real, no. If art, yes.

[FrankB]

Hey guys, thanks for the comments!
As I have said earlier, I have tried to remake a real scene I saw up there in a plane. I assure you some of the big clouds had a similar light scattering as here in this render. Not all big clouds are actually very dense. I don't know how often you are actually up there, but as someone who is having this experience about twice a week, I can tell you it's not so unusual as you might think. I might still increase the density in future renders slightly, but only ever so little.

Anyway, I will probably move on from this image to a similar one. I have another one in mind, also with multi layered clouds.
Secondly, I would like to develop the ground a little further. I need to make it look less artificial, somehow.

@Martin, yes, my "bea$t" is a lot of fun! I don't really have a good measure except that old benchmark scene, but in my scenes it feels like it's twice as fast as my old PC. I always said I will only upgrade for at least 2 times the speed, and the new PC is giving me that.

- Frank

[Zairyn Arsyn]

liking this series a lot,

These Clouds in both iterations are the real deal!!

though ground surface takes a little away from this series, i can see the angular voronoi lines/cracks, takes some realism away from the image.

[FrankB]

thank you! Yes, the ground is more a placeholder to help assess scale and depth, than being anything final :-)

[TheBadger]

TWICE A WEEK! Not even close to that. But now I am more interested in your life than your renders International spy? Jet setting billionaire? Or do you just know of a good place to get cheap air fair? Whichever, it sounds like a fun life

[choronr]

Now that is looking fine Frank. The land below gives a nice sense of scale.