Silent Lake

[sjefen]

My newest image.

This has been a pain in the ass to render. 3 times I had to start all over again. The first 2 times was my fault. There was some trees in the lake and so on. And of course I didn't se it before the end of the rendering. The last time I guess Terragen gave up on it. It just quit in the final stage of the rendering.
But finally it finished.

I used the beautiful terrain MtRainer from sonshine777 which I downloaded from http://www.terranuts.com/forums/downloads.php?do=file&id=504. I have no idea of how this place really looks like and this was no attempt to recreate it. I just made my own version.
I also downloaded the airplanes from http://free-templates-download.com/free_3d_models/3d_aircraft/?p=2

Hope you like it

[Volker Harun]

Marvelous population and lighting.
Again the sky could use some makeover ... the plains for example are far too contrasting against the colour shades of the clouds.
Volker

[Saurav]

Excellent render, especially the tree population and the lighting. Agree with Volker about the cloud criticism, I think also a bit more details on the terrain will increase the realism. Really admiring the lighting on this. 

[N810]

Amazingly realistic.
the airplanes are awsome.

[mr-miley]

Outstanding. I agree about the planes , but apart from that..... 

[rcallicotte]

Great image!  Excellent in every way.

[sjefen]

Thanks guys.
I agree about the Terrain. I want to add some more detail to it. I also agree with the plains, but I am actually satisfied with my clouds.
Don't think I will do much more to this right now. The rendertime was more like a half eternity.

[efflux]

This is fantastic and the planes are perfect.

[FrankB]

Amazingly beautiful. I won't say anything on the clouds as that has been done enough, but I would like to point out that I admire the lighting on the terrain and vegetation. In combination with the water, this looks utterly realistic!

Regards,
Frank

[Tinga]

I would have left it without the planes. But nevertheless it looks quite realistic, you've done a fantastic job!

[dhavalmistry]

very nice......I am inspired and trying to make something similar.....if I may ask....where did you get the trees from???

[sjefen]

Thank you guys.
dhavalmistry - Of course you can ask. They are all xfrog trees. Nice to know you got inspired

[adit]

That's an excellent render. The atmosphere is perfect.

My only suggestion would be to have the planes at a close angle, maybe even the plane flying underneath the camera. That would be fantastic, because it would add a whole story to the piece.

It's still a technically excellent render.

[Oshyan]

When I opened the full-sized version I literally said "Holy *%$!@". Upon closer inspection yes there are some minor issues, but the overall impression is fantastic. Lovely surfacing, lighting, and yes I like the clouds a lot. Your trees also turned out looking great. Wonderful work.

Might I ask what the resolution of the terrain you used was? It would be interesting if higher resolution data were available...

- Oshyan

[sjefen]

Thank you adit and Oshyan

Oshyan - The resolution is 4097x4097, but the terrain includes Mt Rainer, Mt St. Hellens and Mt Adams ( if that means something ).