Thanks for the welcome!
Quote from: cyphyr on September 04, 2018, 04:17:38 AM
Welcome to the forum. If you have any questions do just ask.
Great renders (good lighting and POV).
Did you use much post processing and how did you get the foreground sand dune effect?
The dune effect was more or less ripped off the "Dunes and Sandwaves" tutorial by Laurent Avenel. (Though i think i should have scaled it down, i was looking to get subtle waves like one might see at Sedona or Monument Valley)
I pinched and poked so many things from the forum, and i didnt keep track of whose tips n tricks I used, but i suspect the artists will recognise their own work!
Post processing: yeah, the Half Dome was worked in the shadows.
Trying for the depth of field was awkward. And the results just looked weird! Because of the distances, the effective f number was less than 1. (Had to dig out the depth of focus calculator for the hyperfocal distances, which was still in the tens of meters - hence had to tweak the camera position to get some rock that close!)
And the Dunes had a slight magenta overlay in regions of the chalk-like layers. It looked just too white otherwise.
The setting for the sand, I suspect also from the forum. I did a quick check of my browser history but I couldnt find anything(!).
So, attached, the clip for the sand texture. The texture was grabbed from a site that alleged it was royalty free... but, hmm... im sure there's many to find.
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The dune texture-effect will work akin to sun reflecting in water (i.e. sun,sand,camera must be aligned and works best with a low sun (7deg or so))
Cheers!