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Title: And a North
Post by: mhaze on January 25, 2016, 01:32:52 PM
wind comes.

Terragen save for the grass which was created in Speedtree and the stones which where modelled in silo.
Title: Re: And a North
Post by: archonforest on January 25, 2016, 01:50:24 PM
WOW! Great perspective!
very nice stuff 8)
Title: Re: And a North
Post by: j meyer on January 25, 2016, 01:57:44 PM
 8) Great!
Title: Re: And a North
Post by: DocCharly65 on January 25, 2016, 02:22:07 PM
Very cool image! And that scary cloud! Cool!
Title: Re: And a North
Post by: Oshyan on January 25, 2016, 02:57:39 PM
Wow, yes! You've almost got Mammatus clouds going here:
https://www.google.com/search?q=mammatus+clouds&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-2OLN38XKAhVExmMKHTBmAukQsAQINw&biw=1600&bih=1075

- Oshyan
Title: Re: And a North
Post by: mhaze on January 25, 2016, 03:07:57 PM
Thanks all :D
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Post by: inkydigit on January 25, 2016, 04:04:58 PM
  8)
Great stuff!
Killer sky
Title: Re: And a North
Post by: zaxxon on January 25, 2016, 04:18:11 PM
Ominous, moody, wonderful...!
Title: Re: And a North
Post by: TheBadger on January 25, 2016, 04:25:26 PM
Really nice!

Only have one minor suggestion, it feels to me that the comp is off balance (probably because I am a westerner and read from left to right is the reason I thought this) but I thought if you flip it so the comp is reversed than it would be pretty much perfect.

what do you think?
Title: Re: And a North
Post by: Tangled-Universe on January 25, 2016, 05:01:42 PM
Wicked clouds Mick :)
Title: Re: And a North
Post by: mhall on January 25, 2016, 05:15:15 PM
Wow. Very nice!

I like the mirrored shapes you have going between the the clouds and the landscape ... but that whole left side is so much in darkness. Any chance to get a touch of like onto the formation to help lead the eye?

Interestingly enough, I tried flipping the composition as Badger noted and ... first I felt like I was falling over. Literally I got dizzy for a second. :) But he does have an excellent point that compositionally my eye is now drawn right to the formation (though I still think a bit of light there would be great). Never thought about it from a left reading/right reading perspective.

~Micheal
Title: Re: And a North
Post by: mhaze on January 25, 2016, 06:01:10 PM
Thank you for the kind comments.

Interesting, flipping does have an effect! the pic works either way, but sorry Badger, I prefer it the way it is.

I have some more mammatus like clouds now and will post later.

I'd like to get more contrast into the clouds - any suggestions?

Regarding the dark side - it is deliberate - makes you look fearfully into the shadows to see what's there!
Title: Re: And a North
Post by: mhaze on January 25, 2016, 06:07:21 PM
I've just gone through all of my pictures and flipped them - a very disturbing experience.  Most will stay the way they are, one I will change.  You have made think about this hard I shall be awake all night thinking about it!
Title: Re: And a North
Post by: AP on January 25, 2016, 06:35:03 PM
Quite an ominous tone with those clouds hovering right over the stone structure. The grassy terrain looks very nice as well.
Title: Re: And a North
Post by: mhaze on January 25, 2016, 06:45:19 PM
Thanks.
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Post by: TheBadger on January 25, 2016, 07:45:18 PM
Quotea very disturbing experience

HA! Nothing like endless second guessing your self at the end.  :D
Title: Re: And a North
Post by: bobbystahr on January 25, 2016, 08:52:28 PM
love the pi in the sky and those clouds are amazing..the whole picture rocks(pun intended)and gets a big BOBBY LIKE

just lookin at it and noticed you likely don't have lean terrain on cuz in the rock outcrops in the lower center area the clumps intersect raather than follow the terrain...at least that's what I think I see.
Sorry, I really like the image.
Title: Re: And a North
Post by: Kadri on January 25, 2016, 10:12:59 PM

Looks nice.
Title: Re: And a North
Post by: Dune on January 26, 2016, 02:30:34 AM
Great render. What sprung to mind immediately to make it even stranger is to apply some vortex to the mammatus above the PI, like it exorts some strange power. And perhaps lighten up the cloud (and ground)  right there (spotlight?).
Title: Re: And a North
Post by: mhaze on January 26, 2016, 04:56:47 AM
Thanks all!

Good idea Dune -I'd thought about the spotlight but not the vortex, gonna try that.

Not entirely sure what you mean Bobby.

Badger, kept me awake half the night. conclusions: one, I'm cross dominant,  two many of our compositions come from real places where we have no choice but to follow nature, three composition are often based on random landscapes generated by fractals.

Flipping an image after making is a good thing to do and I'm going to do it more often!
Title: Re: And a North
Post by: bobbystahr on January 26, 2016, 10:29:19 AM
Quote from: mhaze on January 26, 2016, 04:56:47 AM

Not entirely sure what you mean Bobby.


Mick, I'd zoomed it in Irfan and it looked like grass clumps sticking out of an incline but looking at it in Photoshop this A M it proved to be an optional delusion on my part....
Title: Re: And a North - revisited
Post by: mhaze on February 05, 2016, 05:46:51 AM
Added some light and flipped it.
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Post by: DocCharly65 on February 05, 2016, 06:13:17 AM
I Like it even more now!
Title: Re: And a North
Post by: mhaze on February 05, 2016, 07:08:41 AM
Thanks :D
Title: Re: And a North
Post by: masonspappy on February 05, 2016, 07:59:37 AM
Ominus!
Title: Re: And a North
Post by: KyL on February 05, 2016, 09:05:37 AM
That mountains looks really nice! Awesome rock formation!

What about having the dolmen lit by a ray of light? With a nice godray. That would be a perfect "mystical moment"  :P
Title: Re: And a North
Post by: mhaze on February 05, 2016, 09:51:23 AM
Thanks, tried that but so far I haven't been able to make it work!
Title: Re: And a North
Post by: bobbystahr on February 05, 2016, 10:31:25 AM
Quote from: mhaze on February 05, 2016, 09:51:23 AM
Thanks, tried that but so far I haven't been able to make it work!

Check out Richard's hole in the clouds/god rays method for directed sunlight.

http://www.planetside.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic,18788.msg182874.html#msg182874
Title: Re: And a North
Post by: KyL on February 05, 2016, 11:38:01 AM
Quote from: mhaze on February 05, 2016, 09:51:23 AM
Thanks, tried that but so far I haven't been able to make it work!

You could probably use a simple shape shader to have a hole in the sky and cast that ray of light. But getting it to the right spot is going to be challenging and time consuming...

Quote from: bobbystahr on February 05, 2016, 10:31:25 AM
Quote from: mhaze on February 05, 2016, 09:51:23 AM
Thanks, tried that but so far I haven't been able to make it work!

Check out Richard's hole in the clouds/god rays method for directed sunlight.

http://www.planetside.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic,18788.msg182874.html#msg182874

What he says.

Title: Re: And a North
Post by: mhaze on February 05, 2016, 11:43:26 AM
The problem is getting the light ray to show up - needs very thin cloud or....?  adding the thin cloud adds a horrendous amount of render time!
Title: Re: And a North
Post by: Dune on February 05, 2016, 12:19:10 PM
No problem at all, just use an image map shader (vague white circle) and point at the sun from the to-be-lit place. I've done it before, so it works.
Title: Re: And a North
Post by: DannyG on February 05, 2016, 12:37:57 PM
Love it
Title: Re: And a North
Post by: mhaze on February 05, 2016, 12:43:10 PM
Problem is the sun is very low and to the right!  So I have use a spotlight - still playing with that, the hole in the clouds is easy, done that before.  It's getting the light right that's the problem,  I'll keep playing.  Worth it just for the learning!