More play with sand dunes.
I like this one better than the last choronr. On the whole I mean.
Looks nice.
Yes, nice. Might add some rattlesnake somewhere...
Thanks Michael and Ulco. Did you notice what appears to be a 'Boar's Head' with a cowboy hat on between the two large rocks? Like looking at clouds making characters out of them ...lol.
No, didn't see that, but I now see what you mean. By the way, a little fill light from the right might do some good to the rocks. Reflection from the sand, so no shadows and -45 degrees, bit warm color.
Thanks Ulco, will play with your suggestions. The first image had a fill light; but I deleted it on this one. Maybe less displacement on the rock?
Total render time on this was 25.52.07.
nice one!
Thanks Walli. I'm thinking about the next one.
This looks really nice! The rock may need some variety in colour. Maybe some PF as colour function?
Quote from: Hannes on June 10, 2013, 04:36:01 PM
This looks really nice! The rock may need some variety in colour. Maybe some PF as colour function?
Thanks Hannes. Did try a PF with very minimal variation. I need to work with this set up some more. Maybe I'll do one more scene soon.
25+ hours?
Quote from: Dune on June 11, 2013, 02:27:54 AM
25+ hours?
Yes, a good portion of render time was spent around the rock.
Too complex displacements.
Unless there is reflection or SI Surface Details enabled, even complex displacement shouldn't slow down a render *that* much.
- Oshyan
Ulco, Oshyan, the slow downed render is due to the reflections I added to the stones/rock set up.
I would suggest using specular and not raytraced reflections, if you are indeed using the latter. In this case reflections will not really show much difference, but will increase render time a lot.
- Oshyan
Quote from: Oshyan on June 12, 2013, 06:03:01 PM
I would suggest using specular and not raytraced reflections, if you are indeed using the latter. In this case reflections will not really show much difference, but will increase render time a lot.
- Oshyan
Thank you Oshyan for this tip. Must note this down for future reference.
Another splendid render!
Really lovely! I absolutely love the detail and ripple variation in your sand. Very realistic!
Thanks to you both. I will try and create one more image; preferably a close up.