Testing a new (new to me) method. Lots of potential in this method, lots of draw backs too. But Im only at the beginning stages of understanding so we will see.
just taking a look at how terragen translates to black&white
that second image is a photograph taken with a old camera, i know it must be :D
i like this one, i like how you have distributed the grass.
I like both versions, as said the use of populations is excellent. With selective filtering of the colour channels you have a lot of control over the mood when converting to black and white, experiment.
I think the grass is a render camera projected image map, but it gives a nice effect.
Pretty nice! I'm guessing Dune is right.. Shadows are an indicator I guess :P
The moon seems a bit odd. But exploration has proven that moons are odd. Looks great. A wide angle shot would be good here also.
It looks like the moon is showing distortion because it is near the edge of an already wide angle frame.
I like the first render , TheBadger.
It looks a little unfinished to me. Maybe only a little sharper render with better detail would be enough.
very interesting tests...keep going!