cloudy day

[FrankB]

Nice ...with the sun facing us.  This has never happened.  

you sure? I'm shocked if it turns out true. Gotta do more of those, then... to make up for the gap in my portfolio :-D

[reck]

Picasa really isn't that powerful, but it's good with a few of it's instant filters, which have ben created for the average hobby photographer, and hence optimized I believe for landscape scenery and portraits.

As for my ideas for the terrain - I don't know yet. Maybe like in the images you references, maybe something different.
What would you suggest?
If you're interested, you could do the terrain bit and we make it a co-worked image.

Cheers,
Frank

Yeah, great idea, let's do that!
You can find my e-mail in my profile so we can sort out things like scales etc.
Just let me know

Cheers,
Martin

Hey great, both Frank and TU working on the same image. This should be one amazing picture

[Tangled-Universe]

another attempt at a lower resolution and quality. Modified the cloud patterns and tweaked a little here and there.
I believe the scattered cirrus is much nicer now.

Cheers,
Frank

It's difficult to judge at this state, hence it is low quality, but I think the first version is better....lighting-wise.
I like the new cloudformations a lot and the glow looks very very nice.
I also see you made a start for me with voronoi-displacements on the terrain

The reason I think the first version is (slightly) better is that the shadows/lighting of the bottom of the clouds tend to look a bit odd...a problem many people run into when lighting these type of clouds, although to a greater extend I think.
The billowy shapes tend to get too dark here and there. I know when changing the lighting-settings to solve this problem will result in a totally different lighting and glow of the top, which is just fine now.

It's always about trade-offs, tricky huh

Martin

[FrankB]

yes I agree - I have reverted back to the concept of the first version.

I'll send you the file, Martin.

Cheers,
Frank

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