tundra/taiga

[Dune]

WIP for an upcoming work. Stones turned out a little different than I wanted, and the grass is a bit monotonous, but that keeps me off the street.

[Icegrip]

Looking great so far! But I would mix up something with your trees as they look too uniform. Maybe add some dead trees in there and add some other model, some birches or thin spruces.

[choronr]

Very nice; like those boulders too.

[jaf]

Nice!  That got me thinking of a swamp scene...... bald cypress trees with knees.  Lots of green algae....

[FrankB]

Looks great, Ulco. The right side mid-ground is particularly beautiful and realistic, in my view.

[Oshyan]

Some really outstanding realism, especially in the background. Foreground rocks are a tad odd somehow, but overall very nice.

- Oshyan

[Jo Kariboo]

Probably one of my preferred of your pictures. If I can afford it would be nice to see  some lichens on the rocks.

[otakar]

The backgrounds rocks! More variety and you're there. Foreground needs to more work obviously.

[londonsmee]

Nice like it, maybe some water closer to the camera. Stick some birds in the background and some midges flying close to the camera. Well done.

[Dune]

Actually, I just thought to make a version with calm water in front, some grass and the rocks, so I might just do that.
Two more versions, more variety in trees and shrub, but the ground itself is poking through and not nice, and there's too much grass. Rocks... mmmm. I don't know, not necessarily better, I think. I'll do some more work to it. The birches need lighter leaves as well.

[choronr]

Like then both - for the rock specimens and, the vegetation. Especially like those leafless bushes.

[yossam]

I like the second one, mainly for the rocks. I agree about the grass. And I too like the leafless bushes, never thought to do that. I've done it with trees, but not bushes.

[TheBadger]

TheBackgrounds in all the images are rather great. Agree with Frank about the mid right area.

Its looking good Ulco. I like the area chosen as the subject. Tundras are beautiful places in the spring, summer and early fall. I don't believe I have ever seen a documentary, or photo series of one that didn't make we want to visit it.

[paq]

Hi Ulco,

Really great image, for some reason I prefer the first image so far, maybe the background trees need a little bit more variation / color variation, but the overall compostition is better for me eyes.

[mhaze]

I like the 3rd one, excellent veg placement and convincing rocks