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Title: mountains
Post by: ThinkPink on July 12, 2007, 02:24:26 PM
a new one ..... critics & comments are welcome
Title: Re: mountains
Post by: rcallicotte on July 12, 2007, 03:02:18 PM
Nice clouds.  The suspension of belief stops for me from the bottom of the closest valley moving back.  Otherwise, the mountain view is believable.
Title: Re: mountains
Post by: moodflow on July 13, 2007, 01:59:13 PM
Very nice.  I am working on a similar image!

How did you pull off the foreground grass/weeds?  Are these populations of objects, or did you manipulate the ground for a grass effect?  Either way, this has some potential.
Title: Re: mountains
Post by: ThinkPink on July 16, 2007, 03:33:36 AM
@moodflow: There is no grass population in the picture. The effect is made with layers. The strukture is as follows:
Base colours (standard)
Grass (dark green)   Coverage: 1        (Fractal breakup: standard)  (alt./slope constr. as you like)
     - Grass (light green)   Coverage:  0.3125    (Fractal breakup: standard)
     - Flowers (yellow)      Coverage:  0.2         (Fractal breakup: (func.) 1.975)
     - Flowers (pink)         Coverage:  0.13125   (Fractal breakup: (func.) 0.8125)
     - Flowers (white)       Coverage:  0.13125   (Fractal breakup: (func.) 0.5)

That's all .... And then, after rendering, a little bit photoshop (contrast, sharpening)

     
Title: Re: mountains
Post by: sjefen on July 16, 2007, 04:16:57 AM
Cool. I realy like the point of view, but I think the trees are a little to big to be in this height. They usually get smaller the higher up in the mountains they grow.
Title: Re: mountains
Post by: Lucio on July 16, 2007, 10:27:39 AM
I agree with sjefen, the trees seems a bit overscaled. However, great work!
Title: Re: mountains
Post by: Mavcat on July 16, 2007, 11:35:44 AM
Very nice! I like your cirrus cloud,anything special about them?
Title: Re: mountains
Post by: ThinkPink on July 16, 2007, 11:44:07 PM
@sjefen & lucio: Yes, you're right with the trees. looks like cypresses in tuscany  :)

@mavcat: nothing special with the cirrus. The values are:

cloud altid.: 10600
Cloud depth:  10
Edge sharp.:   0.02
Cloud density:  1

The density shader is set to standard  (seed: 14260)