A mountain WIP

[PorcupineFloyd]

I'd do something with aerial perspective to improve the sense of scale and distance.

Other than that - looks very impressive.

[darthvader]

The next render has a different camera angle that way serve to make the image a bit more unconventional, though I am somewhat biased towards the view from above since it is how I see the mountain whenever I travel by air.

[darthvader]

Round 4. I grabbed a screenshot because it has looked like it was done rendering for almost an hour without actually being done. If I keep this camera angle I will probably put mt adams and mt hood in the background to give the image more depth.

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[Tangled-Universe]

Great! The tilted angle of the camera isn't seen many here and I think it works fine here
What did you keep of the file I've sent you, the clouds and snow? Or maybe nothing?

[old_blaggard]

I really like this! I agree that the tilt is good, and the lighting is much improved as well, bringing out more detail and contrast. If you add the other mountains in the distance, I might also consider adding more haze to help bring out a sense of distance.

[darthvader]

Thanks

TU, I kept your settings for the trees leaves, I used your clouds as a base before modifying and tweaking the density fractal and blending shader, and I used a modified/towned down version of your lighing settings and reflective shader on the ground...so I actually kept a fair amount of your work...just modified a little

[Tangled-Universe]

Thanks

TU, I kept your settings for the trees leaves, I used your clouds as a base before modifying and tweaking the density fractal and blending shader, and I used a modified/towned down version of your lighing settings and reflective shader on the ground...so I actually kept a fair amount of your work...just modified a little

It just sounds like you only improved the things I did for you, which is great! You probably learned more this way than rather use it straight away

[darthvader]

TU, your file was a lot of help, there were several settings in it that  had never messed with before and I think those reall helped to develop the image. The next render should be up in about 30 minutes or so.

[darthvader]

Here the next version is. I'm starting to like the camera tilt less so I might tone it down a bit. I also came across a ter. of the area surroundng these mountains so that should provide a more realistic envioment...that will be mostly hidden by clouds. The clouds could use some work, I don't really like the ones hanging over the trees near the bottom of the image. Also the added have seems to dull up the colors a bit so I will need to work on that.

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[Saurav]

A few suggestions I like to make to this image.

1. Have a arid area between the tree line and the snow as is in this example photo of Mt. Rainier.
http://www.micktravels.com/panoramas/mt-rainier-sunrise-point-panorama.jpg

2. Add fractal details on the rock surface.

But it's looking good so far.

[Tangled-Universe]

A few suggestions I like to make to this image.

1. Have a arid area between the tree line and the snow as is in this example photo of Mt. Rainier.
http://www.micktravels.com/panoramas/mt-rainier-sunrise-point-panorama.jpg

2. Add fractal details on the rock surface.

But it's looking good so far.

Good suggestions, I agree.
After that it is finished, if you'd ask me
Very nice work!

Martin

[darthvader]

Next version. Though the barren area is accurate to real life it just looks...wrong. Mabye I'll tweak it some more to make that area more satisfactory or I may end up going to the earlier simple tree line.

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[Tangled-Universe]

I'd make the restraints of both the arid area as the tree-line a bit more fuzzy, so that the arid area becomes thinner and the transition will become smoother. The transitions are a bit harsh, though it is indeed quite accurate to nature.

[darthvader]

This may be the last version for a bit, my computer wants me to render something else for awhile. I may come back to this and get rid of the barren area above the tree line, i liked it better without it even if it isn't completely realistic.

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[Arandil]

Wonderful!  You could always come back to it after a couple months ..     Really neat to see the progression here.