Australia

nvseal · February 02, 2008, 09:50:53 AM

This one took 33 hours to render. I am actually quite pleased with this one although a part of me wishes that I had gone ahead and used the slight reflectivity on the tree leaves. C & C welcome.

dhavalmistry · February 02, 2008, 10:13:46 AM

like I said on DA....very nice lighting!

NWsenior07 · February 02, 2008, 10:29:37 AM

I think that some reflectivity on the leaves would be nice, but the image doesn't lose anything without it. I too like the lighting and I think the population is well distributed. An all around great render!

Seth · February 02, 2008, 10:42:26 AM

great light !!!

rcallicotte · February 02, 2008, 12:38:26 PM

Oh, I like this. Like the beginning of a movie. Or one of those screens when a movie is just starting to advertise one of the production houses. It turns to a cartoon version, then shrinks down to a little pin of light that becomes a camera projection of Button Number 9.

overlordchuck · February 02, 2008, 02:07:01 PM

Oh man! Great work!

old_blaggard · February 02, 2008, 02:21:05 PM

Beautiful sky! The lighting is also very nice, although the sky does seem a little blow out to me at the center - it really takes my focus off of other interesting aspects of the scene like the trees.

Costaud · February 02, 2008, 04:03:26 PM

That's a good one excellent lighting.

moodflow · February 02, 2008, 05:05:47 PM

I had to put my sunglasses on to look at this one!

gastar · February 02, 2008, 05:16:42 PM

perfect....

Gastar

lonewolf · February 02, 2008, 07:24:21 PM

Very nice image. The trees look a little out of place for australia though, not that it's your fault. I have been looking for 3d models of gum trees etc for quite a while now, and have resigned myself to the fact that I'll have to make them. Tree generation programs seem to have difficulty making them, so it's going to be a slow process.

Quote from: old_blaggard on February 02, 2008, 02:21:05 PM
Beautiful sky! The lighting is also very nice, although the sky does seem a little blow out to me at the center - it really takes my focus off of other interesting aspects of the scene like the trees.

I agree with old_blaggard here. perhaps a fraction less sunlight strength.

Iain

nvseal · February 02, 2008, 07:38:06 PM

Well, originally the title was going to be "Light Study 3" but, being that that is somewhat boring, I decided to try something different. Australia was the first thing to come to mind that seemed a bit more interesting.

My image names are always so boring.

lonewolf · February 02, 2008, 07:45:45 PM

I have that problem too. Naming is always so hard

monks · February 03, 2008, 05:32:50 AM

Very 'biblical' lighting- I think it's those browns (Old Masters, etc). Stick some ancient Athenian/ Roman temple in there... I like it!

monks

bigben · February 03, 2008, 06:07:13 AM

Some people have commented that the sunlight's too strong, but I reckon it's spot on. It's nice to see a sky that is actually bright looking at the sun

I love the lighting... it reminds me of some of the early Australian paintings which still had a European influence, and the lighting on the clouds is fantastic to match it.

The trees are always going to be a problem if you're going to render in my backyard

I've been toying with Arbaro to try and get something resembling a eucalypt, but I still have along way to go... lots to learn still. I have seen some eucalypt models made in the US but they are a lot more distorted here because of all the bugs that eat them.