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Title: Forgotten Lane
Post by: Lady of the Lake on March 16, 2016, 10:12:35 AM
Thanks for looking.  Comments and suggestions are welcome.

Lyla
Title: Re: Forgotten Lane
Post by: Kadri on March 16, 2016, 10:24:05 AM

Looks nice.
I would try to change the wood texture of the fence(?).
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Post by: archonforest on March 16, 2016, 11:04:57 AM
Very nice one!
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Post by: yossam on March 16, 2016, 11:10:01 AM
Agree with Kadri..............change the fence texture and maybe make your leaves less dense. Go Jayhawks............. ;)
Title: Re: Forgotten Lane
Post by: Lady of the Lake on March 16, 2016, 01:43:54 PM
I will see about working on both of those things.  Thanks.   BTW, won't have much time in the next few days........I will have Final Four fever.  Go Jayhawks for sure!!!!

Fence is DandelO's...forgot to say that.  I think he offered it in one of his image posts or in File sharing.  I kind of "demolished" it by running it into the ground.  :-)
Title: Re: Forgotten Lane
Post by: Clay on March 16, 2016, 02:40:23 PM
Very nice for sure, but also agree on the fence.
Title: Re: Forgotten Lane
Post by: DocCharly65 on March 16, 2016, 03:46:30 PM
This is a very very very nice render!  :)
I think the leaves density is ok.
If you show the fence texture file, perhaps me or someone else could help you. Is the fence a free object?
Title: Re: Forgotten Lane
Post by: Lady of the Lake on March 16, 2016, 04:18:00 PM
The fence was made by DandelO.      If you do a search under Wooden Gate it pops right up.

What is it that you don't like about the fence.....not weathered enough (rough) or the color or what?  The attached photo was what I was looking at and I got as close as I could with my limited skills.  Probably the fence boards are better than the post.  Let me try and then I will take you up on the help, okay?  Thanks.
Title: Re: Forgotten Lane
Post by: Hannes on March 16, 2016, 06:01:12 PM
Great image! It has a very warm summer feeling.
Somehow I agree about the fence, although it's not much different from the reference photo you posted. It looks sort of a little bit too clean and perfect. Sometimes you see something real and you think, if this would be a render, there would be lots of people complaining...
So maybe just try out some other textures. Sometimes it works. You could also displace the fence a little bit to create some subtle imperfection?
Title: Re: Forgotten Lane
Post by: masonspappy on March 16, 2016, 07:22:27 PM
A lot to like about this image. Simply looks warm and inviting  :)
Agree with comments about fence. Most fences have small bends, bows, buckles and bumps.  If you have access to a modeling program perhaps you could warp them a tiny bit?
Title: Re: Forgotten Lane
Post by: DocCharly65 on March 17, 2016, 04:01:23 AM
Tonight I played a bit with the fence from DandelO.
I think you only need to change a minimum:
You could load a texture image into the metal shader and deactivate its reflection shader.

I was astonished to see that the wood texture is done with warped surface shaders. I was not brave enough to play with this ::) :)

But anyway the wood looked ok in my tests. Perhaps with a little movement or rotation of the fence you get deeper shadows in the wood and a (perhaps rusty) metal texture on the metal parts makes it perfect. There are many free textures in the web.
Title: Re: Forgotten Lane
Post by: mhaze on March 17, 2016, 04:32:14 AM
This a very good render.  I agree about the fence. The leaves on the ground are fine but the trees/bushes - perhaps more variety of types?
Title: Re: Forgotten Lane
Post by: DannyG on March 17, 2016, 09:24:57 AM
Looks good, fence is the only draw back. Did u scale it up alot? That will stretch out the maps which could be the issue. Try forced displacement that alone does wonders. Good render either way
Title: Re: Forgotten Lane
Post by: TheBadger on March 17, 2016, 10:39:21 AM
I like the scene a lot too. It is simple but very reminiscent. If I were out with my camera I would never of thought to take a picture, but as soon as I saw someone else's photo, I would have regretted it. There have been a few images like this over the months that have had that effect. Quite fun for me.

After reading the posts and looking at the image, I agree about the texture. the texture is the only issue. The fence it self really defines the scale, and comp, so it works really well. But the texture does need a higher quality image or PF. IMO
Title: Re: Forgotten Lane
Post by: bobbystahr on March 17, 2016, 12:46:22 PM
Quote from: Lady of the Lake on March 16, 2016, 04:18:00 PM
The fence was made by DandelO.      If you do a search under Wooden Gate it pops right up.

What is it that you don't like about the fence.....not weathered enough (rough) or the color or what?  The attached photo was what I was looking at and I got as close as I could with my limited skills.  Probably the fence boards are better than the post.  Let me try and then I will take you up on the help, okay?  Thanks.


I tweaked it a bit for ya.
Title: Re: Forgotten Lane
Post by: ADE on March 20, 2016, 09:42:10 AM
absolutely stunning Layla.....u getting better......yes the fence texture needs to be more pronounced.......
Title: Re: Forgotten Lane
Post by: Lady of the Lake on March 23, 2016, 10:24:42 AM
Thanks for all the replies/suggestions.  Thanks to Bobby for tweaking the fence file.   Here is my final version...I took off all of the color and texture on the fence and started over.  It is still not where I wanted it but I think it is probably better.  (especially the iron piece).   I also made the leaves a bit less dense. 

So this is the final on this one....moving on to the next.  Thanks again.

Lyla
Title: Re: Forgotten Lane
Post by: bobbystahr on March 23, 2016, 01:02:06 PM
WELL DONE Lyla...your texturing on the fence makes the pic pop....very good. Do you have an image in the works for the VR challenge/comp?
You do have a full version right? just try one of your pics with the spherical camera...here's the VR page.

http://www.planetside.co.uk/forums/index.php/board,24.0.html
Title: Re: Forgotten Lane
Post by: masonspappy on March 23, 2016, 06:51:26 PM
Yep, very well done
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Post by: inkydigit on March 26, 2016, 10:04:12 AM
nailed it!
great stuff!
:)
J
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Post by: otakar on March 29, 2016, 02:06:11 PM
Very nice! Great portrait. Compared to your early uploads, huge huge improvement!  8)
Title: Re: Forgotten Lane
Post by: zaxxon on March 29, 2016, 11:30:33 PM
Lovely, a natural rustic scene. Well done!