Bollard Outcrop (now with bonus Hoggar)

[schmeerlap]

This is a modified version of a render I posted elsewhere (on reflection didn't like the clay-ie look of the sandy surface in the original).

John

[Henry Blewer]

The displacement on the near side of the massif is a little strange. I like what you did everywhere else. Very nice render.

[EoinArmstrong]

Yeah - not keen on the displacements on the butte - but the ground-based ones are good, as are the surface colours, lighting and clouds

[CCC]

Soften the strata edges as there to sharp.

[Linda McCarthy]

A favorite- I still like it mucho, John.  Very cool displaced funky forms and strata!  Linda

[schmeerlap]

What's mostly incongruent on the outcrop is an overlaying colour image map cylindrically projected, but not given sufficient scale to surround the outcrop properly (resulting in the sine wave effect you can see). I think I'll run a test image (one of those chessboard images with numbers used when testing uv mapping) over it in cylindrical projection to determine the optimum scaling. The actual displacement from redirected power fractals and S&O shaders I'm not too unhappy with (maybe on the sharp side for some).

John

[Tangled-Universe]

What's mostly incongruent on the outcrop is an overlaying colour image map cylindrically projected, but not given sufficient scale to surround the outcrop properly (resulting in the sine wave effect you can see). I think I'll run a test image (one of those chessboard images with numbers used when testing uv mapping) over it in cylindrical projection to determine the optimum scaling. The actual displacement from redirected power fractals and S&O shaders I'm not too unhappy with (maybe on the sharp side for some).

John

That sounds like a really good approach to solve it. Looking forward to see where you come up with.
I like your strata in this image,  the way you can follow them from the left of the image to the center, works nice

Martin

[Henry Blewer]

Good plan John. It's the only flaw in a fantastic render.

[aymenk2003]

nice render ...
Do you know that mountain like these exist in the south of algeria (north Africa) we call them "El Hoggar"

N_KAID

[Thelby]

nice render ...
Do you know that mountain like these exist in the south of algeria (north Africa) we call them "El Hoggar"

N_KAID

Wow, those are very interesting! How large are they?
I like your thoughts on your image John, will be waiting to see what comes of it!!!
Happy New Year All!!!!!

[aymenk2003]

...Wow, those are very interesting! How large are they?...

Imagine ...
They are Huge I think...
Sorry schmeerlap I just want to tell you that you have made something which closer to the real ...
N_KAID

[schmeerlap]

Sorry schmeerlap I just want to tell you that you have made something which closer to the real ...

No, no, don't be. I'm glad you posted these pics of Hoggar. Back in October I made a "hoggar" without realizing it. I thought it might be too unrealistic for the more conservative pallette among us, so I didn't carry on with it or post it, but now that I've seen some real hoggar I don't have to be bashful any longer    Sadly I've lost the tgd for this scene so I can't refine or develop it.

John

[aymenk2003]

Yes that it was....try to find your Tgd...

N_KAID

[Thelby]

Yes that it was....try to find your Tgd...

N_KAID

Or create a New One    That is some seriously good work John!!!

[Kadri]

No, no, don't be. I'm glad you posted these pics of Hoggar. Back in October I made a "hoggar" without realizing it. I thought it might be too unrealistic for the more conservative pallette among us, so I didn't carry on with it or post it, but now that I've seen some real hoggar I don't have to be bashful any longer    Sadly I've lost the tgd for this scene so I can't refine or develop it.

John , the new one is nice but that old image...I like it much . It would be nice if you find or create a same one  

Kadri.