7 AM - now the final

[FrankB]

next one.

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[Mohawk20]

That lighting is great... love the clouds. Very realistic!

[FrankB]

@Mohawk

interesting... I'm now writing from my notebook. On this display, the image is too dark. There have been many more details visible on the other screen. I shall adjust the image a little further later.

[MacGyver]

Great, I especially like the trees in the foreground, very realistic!

[Mohawk20]

@Mohawk

interesting... I'm now writing from my notebook. On this display, the image is too dark. There have been many more details visible on the other screen. I shall adjust the image a little further later.

Yeah, I had to reduce the Gamma of my monitors from standard to -50 (it's only -50, 0 or 50) to get the right lightness for image creation. Had to find that out the hard way, since a postersize printout came from the store way to dark...

[FrankB]

another version of the same, slightly smaller this time... couldn't resist trying fog/clouds above the river. They didn't come out the way I liked them to be, so I must go back and improve that.


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[Mohawk20]

The lightness of the highlights is good, but the shadows could be darker. That's what helped the realism in the previous image...

[FrankB]

The lightness of the highlights is good, but the shadows could be darker. That's what helped the realism in the previous image...

I see, thanks for pointing that out.

Cheers,
Frank

[MacGyver]

The lightness of the highlights is good, but the shadows could be darker. That's what helped the realism in the previous image...

Absolutely, just thought the same!

[FrankB]

I am still trying to improve the lighting setup even further, so bear with me.

Frank

[moodflow]

Looks fantastic Frank! Can't wait to see more.   

[rcallicotte]

Looking good.  I'm late on comments, but everyone is spot on.

[Mohawk20]

It's great to be able to help each other like this. I've been trying to get that realistic lighting fir ever, and just don't get it perfect. You had it, so that helped me as well...

[FrankB]

Here's another version, but I hate the result. I totally messed up the terrain on the right, and the clouds suck. Have to get back to the original version and try not to break the strong points of the image. Do you have that from time to time as well? That an image gets worse the more you try to improve it? I certainly do!

Cheers,
Frank

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[zhotfire]

I agree with Mohawk on the lighting... in the second image the light seems to bounce around and penetrate the trees much more than it should. Maybe strike a balance between the first and second? I like the dramatic clouds near the sun in the third, but you're right about the rest of it.