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Title: Golgotha
Post by: dandelO on April 01, 2008, 10:50:39 AM
Golgotha - A place of bones.

One way in/No way out...

The first person to comment: "It's a bit dark." Doesn't get to come back up again on my rope! I spent a bit of time getting this lighting to work, it's meant to be dark! The scorpians and spiders(look closely) are looking for some company anyway... ;)

As always, thanks for looking!

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Title: Re: Golgotha
Post by: old_blaggard on April 01, 2008, 11:12:10 AM
Great image!  The displacements on the rock look incredibly realistic, and the stones and skeleton on the bottom are fantastic as well.  The lighting is very effective, and the contrast it creates is excellent!  This is your best image ever, I think.
Title: Re: Golgotha
Post by: rcallicotte on April 01, 2008, 12:31:09 PM
I agree with o_b.  Very nice displacement and good lighting.
Title: Re: Golgotha
Post by: sonshine777 on April 01, 2008, 01:10:52 PM
You forgot to leave a flashlight (torch) to scare off the crawling things  ;D
Great image.
Title: Re: Golgotha
Post by: Seth on April 01, 2008, 02:05:02 PM
very good light !
Title: Re: Golgotha
Post by: Phylloxera on April 01, 2008, 02:58:54 PM
I like specially the light and the ambience ! Interesting render !
Title: Re: Golgotha
Post by: PG on April 01, 2008, 03:22:45 PM
It's a bit d...arrrghggh. :D Love that last beam of light that fights it way in. brilliant.
Title: Re: Golgotha
Post by: Saurav on April 01, 2008, 05:53:11 PM
Great render, love the concept. Lighting is just about right, maybe could go even a little darker. I think the rock walls need a little more variety in terms of colour.
Title: Re: Golgotha
Post by: Cyber-Angel on April 01, 2008, 07:03:08 PM
My understanding of the meaning of Golgotha is that is means "Place of the Skull" and was a real place around 2000 years ago, part of which survives under the "Temple Of The Mount" in Jerusalem or so is my understanding of these matters: just for a little historic perspective to whats been discussed here.

Like the image by the way.

Regards to you.

Cyber-Angel  ;D
Title: Re: Golgotha
Post by: Mr_Lamppost on April 01, 2008, 08:02:07 PM
Oh yes very nice.  If all that lighting is calculated I don't even want to think about your GI settings   ;D

One tiny point; there look to be some render artefacts in the upper left corner.
Title: Re: Golgotha
Post by: inkydigit on April 02, 2008, 06:03:56 AM
great job!...agree with O_B
Title: Re: Golgotha
Post by: dandelO on April 02, 2008, 08:05:21 PM
Thanks very much all! :)

Mr_L: The GI quality settings were actualy only set to 1/3, I'm a real miser when it comes to Terragens GI, I find many other ways can substitute/compensate for using real high GI quality and the time it takes to calculate it. The strengths on surfaces and atmosphere however were 2.5 on surfaces and 3 in atmo for this render. There's also the obvious sunlight and a strategicaly placed lightsource doing the illumination here.

Cheers again everyone!