Sun Dried

[choronr]

More play with sand dunes.

[TheBadger]

I like this one better than the last choronr. On the whole I mean.
Looks nice.

[Dune]

Yes, nice. Might add some rattlesnake somewhere...

[choronr]

Thanks Michael and Ulco. Did you notice what appears to be a 'Boar's Head' with a cowboy hat on between the two large rocks? Like looking at clouds making characters out of them ...lol.

[Dune]

No, didn't see that, but I now see what you mean. By the way, a little fill light from the right might do some good to the rocks. Reflection from the sand, so no shadows and -45 degrees, bit warm color.

[choronr]

Thanks Ulco, will play with your suggestions. The first image had a fill light; but I deleted it on this one. Maybe less displacement on the rock?

Total render time on this was 25.52.07.

[Walli]

nice one!

[choronr]

Thanks Walli. I'm thinking about the next one.

[Hannes]

This looks really nice! The rock may need some variety in colour. Maybe some PF as colour function?

[choronr]

This looks really nice! The rock may need some variety in colour. Maybe some PF as colour function?

Thanks Hannes. Did try a PF with very minimal variation. I need to work with this set up some more. Maybe I'll do one more scene soon.

[Dune]

25+ hours?

[choronr]

25+ hours?

Yes, a good portion of render time was spent around the rock.

[Dune]

Too complex displacements.

[Oshyan]

Unless there is reflection or SI Surface Details enabled, even complex displacement shouldn't slow down a render *that* much.

- Oshyan

[choronr]

Ulco, Oshyan, the slow downed render is due to the reflections I added to the stones/rock set up.