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#21
Last post by sboerner - March 05, 2025, 10:14:31 AM
Those poppies do pop.
How is the terrain brought over from Gaea? Heightfield?
#22
Last post by sboerner - March 05, 2025, 10:10:37 AM
You are becoming an accomplished modeler. The snow on their shaggy backs is a nice touch.
#23
Last post by pclavett - March 04, 2025, 10:57:31 AM
The animals are fine from this distance, Love the total aspect of a desolate snowy tundra !
#24
Last post by pclavett - March 04, 2025, 10:53:57 AM
Really nice cliffs....where is the terrain from, Terragen or done elsewhere ?
#25
Last post by pclavett - March 04, 2025, 10:51:38 AM
Nic composition as always Ulco !
#26
Last post by Dune - March 04, 2025, 01:59:51 AM
I agree with Steve, my favorite is the first one too. Great sky, very subtle. Realistic mountains and greens. You can also try reducing the opacity of the needles to something like 0.7 or 0.8 to get more light between them (anything above 0.5). Or increase the soft clip effect to 1.5 or so in tonemap (render). Gives you just a little less 'shadow blacks'.
#27
Last post by sboerner - March 03, 2025, 04:31:11 PM
Nicely done. Looks like you have a good memory!
I think the first one is my favorite . . . love that pearl-colored sky and raking light. Can't say much except perhaps the waves on the lake might be a too large. Did you use the path tracer? Maybe try increasing the translucency of the leaves/needles on the pine trees to open up those shadows.
These are nitpicks though. Great work.
#28
Last post by pclavett - March 03, 2025, 12:04:59 PM
Hi all ! I went to the Yukon about 30 years ago and decided to do something that might look a bit like it.
The terrains are all native fractal from Terragen. The plants are from various sources, XFROGS, 3D-shaker and CG trader. There are about 50M instances in this one and not one crash. This software is stable. Renders at 4000PX and detail at 7, AA 7 took about 24 hours on my latest PC with the AMD processor. Not bad ! I will be rendering from different spots in this one. The 3 included images are from the same spot with different lighting and atmospherics. Thanks for viewing and appreciate any comments. Take care and have a great day !
#29
Last post by Dune - March 01, 2025, 02:24:42 AM
They are really nice too. Never enough cows indeed.
#30
Last post by Dune - March 01, 2025, 02:21:24 AM
Thanks, Steve. Biology, yes, that has helped me a lot, especially with the more scientific reconstructions.
