evensong - Final

[mhaze]

C&C welcome -

[Upon Infinity]

Great light, great colour, great atmosphere, great grass.  I think that maybe the falls should be more prominent than they are, however.  Maybe zoom in on them some.

Also the foreground needs a little something.  Some rocks, perhaps?  I'd recommend the pack I just made but it doesn't look like Danny has it up yet.  Maybe you could use some fake stones or something.  I really like the grass, but it needs a little context.  You could also place a little wildlife maybe, just something to draw the viewer in would finish this piece off.

[mhaze]

Thanks  - good ideas,  I have plans to add a lot more water, streams and falls but they are not going to be easy to do.

[Dune]

I agree, it has a great feel, and I like the distant falls, but it misses 'power'. And maybe it's a bit too dark in the shadows.

[mhaze]

Yes, shadows are a problem, I agree about it lacking something but the streams and extra fall should sort that, maybe a ruin?  My biggest regret is the loss of the rock colour with the lighting. I used the output of one of Quadspinners macros "GeoShape" to drive the colouring with subtle and very realistic results. Geoglyph is superb btw.

[TheBadger]

Yes, shadows are a problem

Why, cause they are too awesome for you? The rich blacks are what make it here.

I agree about it lacking something but the streams and extra fall should sort that, maybe a ruin?

Nothing sells scale and distance like people and pets.
http://artapprenticeonline.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Asher-Brown-Durand-1796-1886.jpg

Like it a lot. Wish you would animate a camera move. Add some cloud animation. All at this quality. would be a fine thing to see.

[mhaze]

I like a balance between rich black shadows and shadow detail which is quite hard too achieve in tg.  I spend a lot of time in remote places and I prefer to keep people out of my images - however I might bring back some of my mountain goats!

[Cocateho]

Great mood, and I really like that waterfall!

[bobbystahr]

Yes, shadows are a problem, I agree about it lacking something but the streams and extra fall should sort that, maybe a ruin?  My biggest regret is the loss of the rock colour with the lighting. I used the output of one of Quadspinners macros "GeoShape" to drive the colouring with subtle and very realistic results. Geoglyph is superb btw.

I've heard it's a load of fun but I can't get GeoGlyph to install on the Basic(free) version. Always my problem...I was drooling all through their videos.
Agree with the other comments and await your tweaks for further comment.

[inkydigit]

I like this a lot!
Looking forward to the next...

Cheers
J

[mhaze]

Low res render of the next stage C&C welcome.  Terrain created in world machine with some geoglyph macros added in.  Then lots of detail modelling with SSShaders, a touch of strata and a few cracks to finish.  Falls are fumaroles grass mainly tg's grass patch with some clumps of my own made in Speedtree.

[Dune]

Realy good, Mick. It looks so simple, but I know this is a lot of work! You certainly nailed those falls. Only thing is to jab out the few white specks in post (on the right).

[mhaze]

Thanks Dune, I need to do a high res render first and, yes, then I must remember to do that!

[DannyG]

Nice one Mick, falls look very convincing

[choronr]

I could look at this image for a long time. A beautiful piece of work Mick.