Fjord

[otakar]

Deforming height fields to the limits. The water was a killer to render, 15 hours for this scene. Thanks for the posters here for the inspiration!

[Oshyan]

Unusual and "twisted", yet still realistic rock formations. Nicely done. I would say you went "to the limit" but not past it, which is very good.

- Oshyan

[Dune]

Why was the water a killer? Did you render at this size, for 15 hours?! That could be way reduced, unless you have a prehistoric machine. In this case the transparency of the water is of minor importance, so I would have set it at zero, perhaps only adding some transparency in the first 40 meters.

[otakar]

Dune, it was mostly the displaced water (surface layer with displacement and reflection) at the mouth of the fjord. It was sitting at that spot rendering for hours. I was too lazy to go in and analyze it too much, as the scene was already finished anyway. I am sure I could have brought render time down to 3-4 hours, it's a 2600k-chip based system after all

[choronr]

I really like the landforms and the erosion here.