This final is the result of experimenting with placing a large mossy rock in the foreground of the river; a fish jumping out of the water - both surrounded by a vortex shader. Neither of those two tests yielded a pleasing point of interest. I proceeded to pursue a makeover.
Ulco offered a very nice grouping of rocks in rough waters file to try. I placed this additional population of fake stones in the chain hoping it would make an improvement; but, the river looked too busy, especially since either side is heavily populated with vegetation.
I decided to revert to the original river and adjust the two additional suns and enviro-light settings by reducing their strengths. This made a much better scene since now the vegetation appears less saturated; and overall, better contrasts.
Clip files used for the shoreline fake stones are from dandelO; and, vegetation models are by Walli.
Great render. Love the atmo and the colors ;)
Fine improvements I'd say.
Excellent result, the lighting is great. sometimes you can add too much too a scene, a bad habit of mine.
Thank you all. I'll be adding a shared .tgd later today.
Well that turned out very nice...I have a hard time with sun rises/sets....
I think you have indeed found the balance Bob. Well done. :)
- Oshyan
Thank you Bobby and Oshyan.
Excellent
Thanks Danny. The .tgd and .ter files are in File Sharing.
An excellent image, lovely depth and palette.
Quote from: zaxxon on August 02, 2014, 06:23:07 PM
An excellent image, lovely depth and palette.
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Very nice picture! you did a nice improvement compared to the first version, thank's a lot for the shared .tgd, it's an exellent resource! :)
Really pretty sunset.
Quote from: kalwalt on August 02, 2014, 07:13:08 PM
Very nice picture! you did a nice improvement compared to the first version, thank's a lot for the shared .tgd, it's an exellent resource! :)
Thank you; much appreciated. And, you are welcome. Hope you can come up with some new scenes.
Quote from: Lady of the Lake on August 02, 2014, 07:25:08 PM
Really pretty sunset.
Thank you Lyla, I'm glad to have finished this one. On to another project.
It's turned into a nice final, Bob. Very subtle. Too bad the stones+foam setup didn't work out, but at least you know how to do that, for another venture.
Quote from: Dune on August 03, 2014, 02:20:15 AM
It's turned into a nice final, Bob. Very subtle. Too bad the stones+foam setup didn't work out, but at least you know how to do that, for another venture.
Thank you Ulco. Sun sets (or rises) can be tricky in how it affects all of the elements of a scene, especially when water is included and the low sun. I really like your stones/foam setup and will be using it in the near future. Thank you again for all your help.
You're welcome.