Geologist's hammer

[Dune]

It's almost HDR, awesome. These grasses are no good, though. I also think less displaced small detail won't be bad, and shortens render time. But with this sky, which is really nice, it gets very 'busy'.

[Kadri]

Thanks Ulco. The one with your grass is still rendering. Thank you for that
I am not sure how to use plants for this image.I think this one is probably better without any or with very few.
One render without clouds is one i will try too.

[archonforest]

Great work there!!

[Kadri]

Thanks.

Ulco i think with the sun at this angle as it is right now, the grass on the right side lacks shadow.
The left side is kinda OK.

Only contrast postwork on this one (some colors do look different because i accidentally changed them).

Another render is going on on the other computer where the sun is much closer to the ground and on the left side.
The ground with grass and the rock itself should look better hopefully that way. The grass population is the same.


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[Hannes]

Hmm, I'm not quite sure about this grass. It's very dark and looks a bit like underwater vegetation. And I think it doesn't really fit to the landscape since it looks very "juicy". Shouldn't there be some more dry vegetation? Some sort of desert bush stuff for example?

[Kadri]

Wish i was more confident what to use too Hannes

Will see how the other one looks.

[Kadri]

http://lobsangstudio.com/nature/dv_DesertBush~.jpg

I wouldn't want to render a scene like this for example (from a vegetation standpoint). But it is a photo.

[Hannes]

What about this?
http://www.planetside.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic,6997.msg74409.html#msg74409
I very often used this shrub for dry landscapes. Tipp: if you make the colors of some of the leaf shaders a bit more greenish, you'll get some nice color variation inside one bush.

[Kadri]

Why not as i am still playing with this

[Dune]

Yeah, the grasses don't look good like this. They can be much lighter, and perhaps bigger, so they won't look so fluffy. They're actually supposed to be a lot bigger. And I would use them very scarcely, on one or two spots maybe. The bushes might indeed be better here.

[Kadri]

I think you are right.
The last image did not look good from a color aspect.So i just played with it and got this.
Time to stop i think
There are render errors...perhaps of lower render settings.

[Hannes]

I hope you don't mind, but in my very humble opinion the last version on page two is your best so far. It has some kind of magic, and I think this is gone in the following images.

[archonforest]

Awesome colors and mood here Kadri!

[Kadri]

Thanks

I hope you don't mind, but in my very humble opinion the last version on page two is your best so far. It has some kind of magic, and I think this is gone in the following images.

I absolutely don't mind and agree 100% Hannes

[DocCharly65]

For me the same as for Hannes.

What is so extremely interesting on that version on page 2 ist that you are free to imagine how big that formation is. I could imagine it's not much bigger than some hand full of stones as well as its a mountain. That's magic!