Ochre Rocks

[Seth]

and variation of atmo :




I think i'll use this render to show the atmo and lighting variation in my tuto...


as usual bigger on my blog...

[mr-miley]

Outstanding. I much prefer the lighting for the second one. Veeeerrrrryyyyy nice 

Miles

[inkydigit]

exquisite render in both cases...I also prefer the 2nd one...golden glow, rocks too are very nice!

[rcallicotte]

MAGNIFICENT.

[child@play]

nice photo   great job there!

[NWsenior07]

cool renders I like the second one too.

[Phylloxera]

 I am on the buttocks, arms myself falling!

[Seth]

Thank you guys

[monks]

I like the way you have multiple scale noises and shapes superimposed in the rock forms- that extra mile makes all the difference.


monks

[lightning]

VERY VERY Realistic!
almost on the the verge of total realism

[RedSquare]

 Phylloxera -   

I am on the buttocks, arms myself falling!

I'm not sure what he means but I agree with him. 

These are two damn fine renders.  I also join the herd in preferring the second one. Excellent Seth.

[FrankB]

It's nice, but what spoils it a little for me is the smaller stones growing on the big stones. Is that intentional?
If not, try this:

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fake stone              fake stone
----|-----             -----|-----
     |                       |
     -----------|------------|
                |
            Merge Shader


And set the merge shader to "highest". Et voilá, the small stones don't sit on the big stones anymore.

Regards,
Frank

[mr-miley]

FrankB

Good point, but what I think he is trying for would be where you have small lenses of harder rock suspended in something like a limestone / sandstone matrix, or maybe in a very hard and compact chalk. See http://unifiedworlds.com/LimestoneRockFallBreccia.jpg not a very good example but the best I could find without spending too much time as I'm in work  It would be either refered to as Breccia or conglomerate, in geotechnical terms.

I did also find this... http://www.winona.edu/geology/MRW/mrwimages/cgltswift.jpg a slightly better illustration.

After asking in the office, someone pulled out a perfect example. See below!

Miles


Not wishing to be a pedant or anything, but I do work for a geotechnical site investigation company 

[Tangled-Universe]

Can't believe I missed this one...very very nice renders!
I like the base gritty soil very much, fantastic!
I agree with Frank about the smaller rocks on top of the bigger ones.
Nice lighting as well by the way

Martin

[rcallicotte]

Mr. Miley - COOL!  This helps.  Keep putting in your observations like this for people like me who haven't readily seen some of these sorts of things.

Seth - Did I already say MAGNIFICENT?