Grassy Hill (NWDA Submission) Final Render

Walli · May 25, 2009, 06:19:48 AM

I really like this scene, I like the "power" of the light

sjefen · May 25, 2009, 10:29:57 AM

Beautiful. Very realistic render.

- Terje

FrankB · May 25, 2009, 11:06:36 AM

I like the bluebells. Leave them in.

Cheers,
Frank

inkydigit · May 25, 2009, 11:43:57 AM

most excellent!

dwilson · May 25, 2009, 12:36:43 PM

WOW, this is a very nice scene. Lighting is superb

Alf15000 · May 25, 2009, 04:26:24 PM

Very realistic ! Well done !

littlecannon · May 26, 2009, 05:56:25 AM

Thanks again everyone for the comments and Thanks Walli, it wouldn't have been possible to achieve such realism without your top quality models.

Just a thought.... is it too late to say this could be a NWDA Comp submission?

GioMez · May 26, 2009, 05:59:08 AM

Wow! Great image!

Love the shadow of the tree!

littlecannon · May 28, 2009, 07:39:20 AM

Hi All... Another test render.
Cheers, Simon.

domdib · May 28, 2009, 07:44:13 AM

The tree shadows are exceptionally good - beautiful shot! Does it require soft shadows turned on?

Mohawk20 · May 29, 2009, 04:02:12 AM

And great lighting! Very realistic overall!

Tangled-Universe · May 29, 2009, 09:13:53 AM

Great work, really like it.

Since you still have quite some time to go you could render this at the maximum allowed size and also with improved settings.

The shadows of the trees and the atmosphere in general in some places are still grainy.
I can easily imagine how smooth and supercrisp this image would look with increase atmo samples and higher overall quality settings like a tad more detail, AA and GI 2/4 or something.

What were your settings?

littlecannon · May 29, 2009, 10:33:23 AM

Hi Martin (TU)

Thanks for the comments... and indeed I will be rendering this at super high quality for the comp. I think the setting were (I'm at work, so guessing): Quality .9, AA 9, GI 2,2, Atmos Samples 64. I'll probably double the samples and whack everything up a notch. And I'll give your GI settings a whirl. This is fun....

Cheers, Simon.

Seth · May 29, 2009, 10:44:15 AM

increase atmo sample maaaan ! this render is very good, you did a good light on this one

littlecannon · May 29, 2009, 10:57:27 AM

Seth... The Atmo sample will go up.... I promise.

I just didn't want the week long render time on a test render. (Even if they are HQ tests). I am now quite happy with the lighting (almost). I might want a little more detail to show on the tree trunks (maybe a small fill light? anyone?)... cheers, Simon.