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Title: Crater Lake - low quality test
Post by: KlausK on June 09, 2020, 07:54:56 PM
...just doodling. Low AA and MPD. And atmosphere and clouds haven`t seen any quality treatment at all so far.
Atm I am not sure where to take this. Maybe some other time.

CHeers, Klaus
Title: Re: Crater Lake - low quality test
Post by: Kadri on June 09, 2020, 11:16:22 PM
Nice. Have you tried it with softer clouds?
Title: Re: Crater Lake - low quality test
Post by: N-drju on June 10, 2020, 02:53:56 AM
Looks interesting just as it is. I'd go ahead with Kadri's suggestion though and make the clouds wispier (is this a real word??).

Guess there must be several ways to go from here. :) You may, for example, add some vegetation. Or change the POV to some higher altitude. In any case, many possibilities to take it further.
Title: Re: Crater Lake - low quality test
Post by: KlausK on June 10, 2020, 05:13:39 AM
Thank you guys for the suggestions.
I must admit I am much more a friend of those heavy dark rain-falling-any-minute-now clouds rather than the wispy frazzled shredded streaks of clouds.
They provide a much richer palette of light and dark, look much more dramatic. Maybe one day I`ll get them to look the way I imagine them.

Here is a version with two cloud layers.

CHeers, Klaus
Title: Re: Crater Lake - low quality test
Post by: Kadri on June 10, 2020, 05:51:52 AM
I like these clouds more. Nice.
Title: Re: Crater Lake - low quality test
Post by: KlausK on June 10, 2020, 06:26:12 AM
Thanks.
Title: Re: Crater Lake - low quality test
Post by: mhaze on June 10, 2020, 06:52:00 AM
Lovely - I've enjoy many a wild camp sunset in places just like this.
Title: Re: Crater Lake - low quality test
Post by: N-drju on June 10, 2020, 08:23:53 AM
Quote from: KlausK on June 10, 2020, 05:13:39 AMThank you guys for the suggestions.
I must admit I am much more a friend of those heavy dark rain-falling-any-minute-now clouds rather than the wispy frazzled shredded streaks of clouds.

All matter of one's own artistic vision. :) The second sky is more diverse - I like how both layers can be told apart, yet, sort of, are "friends" with one another.
Title: Re: Crater Lake - low quality test
Post by: Dune on June 10, 2020, 09:03:58 AM
This version is better, IMO. Very nice render! I am not a fan of very hard clouds either, though dark and dense they may be.
Title: Re: Crater Lake - low quality test
Post by: KlausK on June 10, 2020, 04:34:28 PM
Thanks all!
The second versions clouds are indeed more interesting and diverse to look at, I agree.
I`ll try out some other ideas with the scene before I do a high quality beauty render.

CHeers, Klaus
Title: Re: Crater Lake - low quality test
Post by: Jo Kariboo on June 10, 2020, 05:00:14 PM
Yes I prefer the last one!
Title: Re: Crater Lake - low quality test
Post by: KlausK on June 10, 2020, 09:30:30 PM
Thank you!

Here is the next iteration. Added some Pine trees and Pine bushes.
Additionally I positioned a large reflective and luminous rectangle behind and above the camera
to colour and soften the ground. Gives a nice impression of wet mossy groundcover, I think.

There are some stray trees and bushes in the water and on the hillsides but after a mantra-like population edit
and deleting about 300 single objects I decided to let them in there for the time being.
I could not get masking the water area to work properly. `till next time.

CHeers, Klaus
Title: Re: Crater Lake - low quality test
Post by: KlausK on June 11, 2020, 07:39:57 AM
@mhaze: something like this perhaps? ;)

Quick`n dirty composit.

CHeers, Klaus
Title: Re: Crater Lake - low quality test
Post by: Kadri on June 11, 2020, 09:49:47 AM

I think the FOV angle is a little too wide. The trees are kinda centering to the middle.
If you like the FOV you could use a higher lean size for the trees as it looks like there isn't any(is there any?).
As this would hide the wide FOV a little.
Title: Re: Crater Lake - low quality test
Post by: bobbystahr on June 12, 2020, 11:10:19 AM
Quote from: KlausK on June 11, 2020, 07:39:57 AM@mhaze: something like this perhaps? ;)

Quick`n dirty composit.

CHeers, Klaus
Quite beautiful
Title: Re: Crater Lake - low quality test
Post by: KlausK on June 13, 2020, 07:46:14 AM
@ Kadri: well it`s like a GoPro picture ;)

@bobbystahr: thank you! You haven`t been around much lately...hope your alright!

CHeers, Klaus
Title: Re: Crater Lake - low quality test
Post by: Agura Nata on June 13, 2020, 08:00:59 AM
Well done!
Title: Re: Crater Lake - low quality test
Post by: KlausK on June 13, 2020, 01:06:22 PM
Thank you very much!

CHeers, Klaus
Title: Re: Crater Lake - low quality test
Post by: KlausK on June 13, 2020, 08:27:02 PM
Another version where I have edited the placement and the leaning of the trees like Kadri suggested.
I think I leave it at that for the time being and set the scene up for a Path Traced render.
Perhaps this will help a little to get some live into the trees and the small bushes.


CHeers, Klaus
Title: Re: Crater Lake - low quality test
Post by: KlausK on June 14, 2020, 06:15:14 AM
Higher Quality Standard Render.

CHeers, Klaus
Title: Re: Crater Lake - low quality test
Post by: amandas on June 15, 2020, 08:09:42 AM
Love the mood, would only suggest to do some post processing on this to restore some of the detail lingering in the dark. But then again, maybe that was the idea. Good job!
Title: Re: Crater Lake - low quality test
Post by: KlausK on June 16, 2020, 03:17:47 AM
@amandas: Thank you.
Regarding the landscape it is like I want it. it`s the trees and bushes which could catch a little bit more light.
Mainly on theright side of the picture. On the other hand it does not look too dark on my computer screen...
I`ll experiment some more in TG with reflective cards or cubes behind the camera.

CHeers, Klaus
Title: Re: Crater Lake - low quality test
Post by: N-drju on June 17, 2020, 05:05:07 AM
Oh... an update I have missed. And a really good one too. Good work Klaus!
Title: Re: Crater Lake - low quality test
Post by: KlausK on June 17, 2020, 11:32:57 AM
Thank you, N-drju.
Title: Re: Crater Lake - low quality test
Post by: Hannes on June 17, 2020, 12:21:39 PM
Beautiful, Klaus!!!
Title: Re: Crater Lake - low quality test
Post by: KlausK on June 17, 2020, 01:09:42 PM
Danke!