Fjord

[mhaze]

Trees xfrog, gulls Poser (noggins) boat modelled in Rhino3D.

[Oshyan]

Wow. I feel like the image is a bit "rough", like a very sharp pixel filter was used, or post sharpening, and the sense of scale and distance seems off. BUT it is a beautiful and evocative scene nonetheless, and I particularly like the rock shapes and texture, as well as the surf. The entire foreground, particularly the peninsula on the right, is excellent.

- Oshyan

[choronr]

Mick, this is very pleasing. The work on the water is excellent as is the colors and textures on the rock faces. I like this ration format as well.

[mhaze]

Hmm... interesting, scales are measurably correct!  I think that it's possible that reducing atmospheric haze may have something to do with that.  I wanted that clarity that comes after showers on as cold front.  But I see what you mean about the roughness.  I guess I'm used to Wales and Scotland's west coast where this would be normal. There's also a lot of detail that adds to the noise. I also think the .jpg compression didn't help I'll look into that. I'll also look into pixel filters

[archonforest]

Great render and the view is spectacular

[Tangled-Universe]

Looks very good Mick and I agree with Oshyan on pretty much all aspects.
I don't have much to add, other than I have different ideas about a Fjord may be?

Looking forward to your next iteration

Cheers,
Martin

[mhaze]

Your're probably thinking more of the Norwegian ones!  These are based on images of N. western America/Canada where I was surprised to read that this sort of landscape is also called fjords.

I'm trying one with smaller birds and a softer pixel filter we shall see....

[Tangled-Universe]

Yes that's exactly why I said that I have different ideas instead of boldly stating "it doesn't look like a Fjord"
I guess Fjords can be created by different processes or that these types of Fjords are much older than the Norwegian ones?
Just thinking out loud, honestly have no idea.

[mhaze]

Nor Do I

[mhaze]

Interesting just looked at it on another monitor and it looks far worse

[mhaze]

The water nodes.

[zaxxon]

Love the 'wildness' of the image, the choppy sea and the rugged coastlines all add up to a visual delight. The water nodes look daunting, but that's the lure and the challenge of TG I guess. Thanks for posting the jpg. Looks like it's time to sacrifice more brain cells in the pursuit of blue node madness, maybe  . This is definitely inspirational, thanks Mick. 

[Jo Kariboo]

I very like the water. Excellent wave and foam for me !

[TheBadger]

I agree with Oshyan too here. I have seen similar effect in lots of images. If you are going to do the hard work of isolating it, then there should be a do's and DONT do list in a sticky, so that everyone can avoid the problem.

Probably there should be a name  for this visual effect too. Something singular and specific, is there one?.. Other than just too sharp or whatever?

Anyway, I do like the image as well. Like the subject composition and detail. And each part of it could be its own image POF.


HMMMM...
Now that I posted and looked again, the thumb looks really nice... Maybe render 2*Large, and then scale it down by half in post?.. Tighten up those pixels? works well with photoshop paintings.

[mhaze]

Thanks for the comments.  I'm going to render it with a soft pixel filter And another twice as large!