The Tree

[RArcher]

This one has been on my "to finish" list for months, so here it is.  Just a simple little render highlighting the incredible tree created by Klas.

Detail 0.5
AA: 10
GI: 1/1

One render for the image and a second render for the depth mask.

[nvseal]

Fantastic yet again. Great lighting and sense of scale.

[Hannes]

Beautiful! What tree is that? I think i missed this one.

[Seth]

strange feeling of deja-vue ^^ (isn't looking like one of T-U render ?)
great render though !
the ground is really good , the bark is great and the dof really adds to realism !

[Saurav]

Agree with others, excellent depth and lighting.

[rcallicotte]

I love your stuff RArcher.  The ground seems a little funny to me, like it doesn't look familiar.  The rest is amazing.

[RArcher]

Thanks.  Not much work on my part, the tree does all the hard work. 

Maybe you are thinking of this one Seth?

http://www.planetside.co.uk/gallery/f/tg2/luc_bianco_canyon11.jpg.html

Hannes:  You can find this tree posted by Klas at:

http://www.terralights.de

[Seth]

mmmh no...
anyway, yours' great ^^
and thanks for the link to the tree !

[Tangled-Universe]

You mean this crappy picture?

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1567983 or http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/media/folder_157/display_1567983.jpg

Ryan's one is infinitely better
I like the use of DOF and also the positioning of the tree because you can see the roots.

Martin

[Seth]

hehe !
I know some people at RDR who would like to do crappy renders like yours
but i aggre with you, Ryan's one is better ;p

[moodflow]

One of the best I've seen in a while!  Very nice!

[choronr]

bonsai comes to mind as one views this image. A simple scene that holds your interest as you take in all the details. Inspirational work here RArcher, you've given me some ideas.

I have this tree model also; but, never have seen the exposed roots?

[Volker Harun]

The low detail settings work very good ... it seems that you placed some additional leave-objects to the ground, or is it part of the detail settings?

I like the render very much.
Volker

[choronr]

Does anyone have a lead on where I can get some programs to be able to create trees and plants like this? Also, any tutorials on how to use them?

[RArcher]

Arbaro  (free) - http://arbaro.sourceforge.net/
Dryad (free) - http://dryad.stanford.edu/
Onyxtree (not free) - http://www.onyxtree.com/
Xfrog (not free) - http://www.xfrogdownloads.com/greenwebNew/products/productStart.htm

I would imagine there are tutorials for the boxed products, but probably not much for the free ones.