Lifting Fog

[Henry Blewer]

This is the image which caused me to re-install Vista and change the User RAM settings. Still, I had to turn off the GI settings in the render tab to save enough RAM to get it done.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4032/4242347076_40399bd880_o.jpg

The image uses Mr. Lamppost's grasses and bushes. Also Marc Gebhart's Chestnut, Red Oak, and Pines. The bottom was supposed to have another rendered row of water (the black area), but I did not feel that this added anything except more render time.

[domdib]

Love the fog, the vegetation, the surfacing - you're really starting to hit them out of the park!

[dlefik2008]

nice one! i really like that fog you got hanging over the water. i've been wanting to try fog like that for a bit now in terragen and now i see how good it would actually look. 

[Viktim]

This is awesome!! it looks like a scene from a epic movie!

[aymenk2003]

Really wonderful fog njeneb...



N_KAID

[Markal]

Super image....it seems a bit close or too zoomed in.  I love the green and grass shaders....tree populations are very well placed....overall, an excellent image!

[dandelO]

Me too.

Nice one, Henry. I only don't like the brightness of the grasses too much.

[Kadri]

Nice image and good use of vegetation , Njeneb 
Curious what AA filter did you use? The image has a little too soft feeling for me .  Did you do any post , Njeneb?

Kadri.

[Dune]

Very nice image, njeneb!

[EoinArmstrong]

Great pov, atmo and water - nice and atmospheric (well duh!)

[mhaze]

Your best yet!

Mick

[Henry Blewer]

I cleaned it up a bit with GIMP. I lost the license code for Corel Paint X2, it will turn up. Mostly, I balanced the colors some.
The grass is 'straight out of the can' from Mr. Lamppost. Like Nuespadrin's, Mr. Lampposts are quite bright green. The bright greens work better with lower light settings.

I am glad you guys like it. This was the one which started my RAM fever a couple weeks ago. I think it maxed at 2.65 GB to render.

[domdib]

I remember you discussed how you limited your populations, to reduce memory use - so I wonder what's eating all the RAM - the water?

[cyphyr]

Its a complex calculation, fog on water, each pixel has to be interrogated several times for the light passing through the fog, being reflected and passing back out again. The process is recursive as well (to an extent), as the fog get illuminated it also ever so slightly, re-illuminates the water, which in turn re-illuminates the fog. Possibly dropping the GI settings would help but you'll loose the beautifully lit wisps and strands of fog.
I might have got some of the tech aspects wrong but I think the principal is correct.

Richard

[Linda McCarthy]

Soft and lovely.. What a beautiful scene, and your work is really well done.  I especially like the surface and population work.  That low fog or mist off the water is sweet.  Linda