Half Dome V1

[Harvey Birdman]

Yeah, yeah, so my renderings suck.    Maybe this will inspire one of you to do something better with the Yosemite terrain ( http://www.ashundar.com/page.php?id=320 ). Any takers?

[sonshine777]

I'm working on the Donahue Pass shot from the photo link posted by Sethren.

http://www.sanjung.us/pct/H-5-sep.2.3.4.5.6.-04/FF3S3283.jpg

It may be awhile though, I have a couple of other projects in the oven.

Hey your renders do get better as you keep going.

[Harvey Birdman]

Hey your renders do get better as you keep going.

Thank you - I am trying.   

Valley floor needs a few items - more trees, the Merced river... the roads... the Awahnee ... 20,000 tourists with their dogs, kids, cars, campfires, tents, RVs...  the little strip mall...

I did get a bit of the smog, though.

[sonshine777]

Some of those things could be left out i.e.. people, tents and RV's.

[Harvey Birdman]

I think I'm going to model one of those nice ergonomically designed concrete picnic tables and rustic, natural-looking metal cylinder fire pits/grills (would you ever eat anything that actually touched one of those things?) that are at all the campsites, then try a shot looking up at El Cap with a campsite in the foreground.

And maybe throw in tourists, dogs, kids, cars, RVs, the little strip mall...

[sonshine777]

Sounds like fun, look forward to seeing it.

[rcallicotte]

LOL 

Would like to see that strip mall...

[Harvey Birdman]

I'm not kidding about the strip mall, dude - it's really there. 

[Sethren]

I'm not kidding about the strip mall, dude - it's really there. 

Yup!     


Your trees look to scale which is nice. Just add a few hundred more.     
I have more photos showing that there are small dark dullish green shrubs along much if the slopes rising up near the top elevations from the valley floor but i wish i knew what type of shrubs these are.

[Harvey Birdman]

Manzanita, probably.