This was just going to be a test of Mr_Miley's Walnut tree, rather than just use a default population I made very simple scene, which has turned out nicely. The trees are the real stars but I feel it needs a subtle lift.
Idea's welcome :)
This is nice. I'm looking for the picnic. ;D
It's a realistic render, but I think that the plantation of trees is so regular !
Nice render. Good lighting, though I would say that the shadows could do with being just a bit softer (being realy picky there) I agree with Calico... there should be people having a picnic on a blanket ;D
I would like to see more work put into this one...like grass and some ground cover!...good job tho!
As far as random placement, I've actually seen parks with trees like this.
Thanks for the comments: please remember that this was just testing out the trees.
I didn't use soft shadows and the tree detail was at medium. If I use a realistic sun diameter I doubt that soft shadows would make a noticeable difference as the distances over which the shadows are cast is small.
It was the slightly un-natural tree distribution, reminiscent of managed landscape planting found in public city parks. For this reason I wanted regularly tended close cropped grass, I don't think I have seen a good example of this yet; the closest I have seen has been made using very tall tiny fake stones, which is what I have used here.
I do like the idea of a picnic but this would requite figures and I have not seen any Free downloads that I think are good enough. Also would they not be strange picnicking in such deep shade?
I did have a thought about maybe finding a clearing and seeing what I could do with Ogre's fountain.
That's pretty. It may be simple, but it looks good.