Golden October revisited - the final Final!

[moodflow]

I really like this, but there is something too artificial looking about the pine trees.  Otherwise, it looks fantastic.  I really like the foreground grass and weeds.

[PorcupineFloyd]

Clouds in the background - pure win!

[lightning]

I really like this, but there is something too artificial looking about the pine trees.  Otherwise, it looks fantastic.  I really like the foreground grass and weeds.

yeah i agree maybe use these serbian spruces instead for the island the ones in the background look fine i think!


http://www.floraworks3d.com/index.php?/Trees/Serbian-Spruce-Picea-omorika/flypage.tpl.html

[FrankB]

@ porcupine, moodflow, RArcher: many thanks, your comments have been much appreciated!

@Lighting:
Nice guerilla-style, thread hijacking tactics ;-)

... and a nice tree model, too. I would have used this one if I had known about it in time. For now, it's too late. I'm doing a high resolution, high quality render of the same scene at the moment, which is already rendering since 28hrs, and probably needs another 8 hours or more before it finishes. So my patience is up with this scene ;-)
However, in the high quality render, the trees on the little island are looking better than before.

Cheers,
Frank

[sjefen]

Awesome work Frank.
Please do post the high resolution for us.

- Terje

[lightning]

@ porcupine, moodflow, RArcher: many thanks, your comments have been much appreciated!

@Lighting:
Nice guerilla-style, thread hijacking tactics ;-)

... and a nice tree model, too. I would have used this one if I had known about it in time. For now, it's too late. I'm doing a high resolution, high quality render of the same scene at the moment, which is already rendering since 28hrs, and probably needs another 8 hours or more before it finishes. So my patience is up with this scene ;-)
However, in the high quality render, the trees on the little island are looking better than before.

Cheers,
Frank

you could just do a crop render of the island and abit of the water to include the reflection? that wouldnt take that long?

also i just wanted to say what a great render this is what an amazing step up from your classic terragen image.
one crit those veg i assum thay are budhes on the right hillside seem to have a very high specualrity maybe reduce that a little.

[FrankB]

Alright, after 38hrs of rendering on my good old dual core machine, here comes the larger version. I hope I have not destroyed too many details with my postwork.

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[inkydigit]

looks very nice Frank...surfacing is perfect!...beautiful!

[rcallicotte]

Wow.  This is sensational.

[sjefen]

Image of the Week stuff.

- Terje

[cyphyr]

Brrrrr, it looks cold and crisp. Great image
richard

[FrankB]

Thanks a lot guys, this is much appreciated :-)

[Mandrake]

Thanks a lot guys, this is much appreciated :-)

You deserve it! Very nice render!!!

[crisady]

Personally, overall I like much more the one from your first post (october 1600 final_edit2.jpg)
It looks realy amazing and very realist.

Regarding the last rendered image, I don`t like the island and the trees sitting on it that in my opinion brokened the depth/perspective of the image.
Secondly, the clouds are oversaturated and there are too much haze in the scene.

What I like better than the first image, are the vegetations , the trees (the island trees doesn`t look so good) and the contrast of the image
(with that bright areas of interest).

Great work. Congrats.

[efflux]

Very nice work. I really like the realism in first version. The last version is getting there but I think the sky is too blown out and contrasty. The trees on the right look cool but the ones on the island look a bit similar and regular.