Took advantage of a little bit of time off from a job. A work in progress. Terrain created in World Machine 2. Four tree populations, some colour grading in Photoshop, and a bit of vignette.
Could do with better grass and more detail, including bushes and some scrub.
Ta.
(http://i331.photobucket.com/albums/l469/jimbowers/TESTS/alpine_forest_v2_Jim_Bowers_2009.jpg)
High res version here:
http://i331.photobucket.com/albums/l469/jimbowers/TESTS/alpine_forest_v2_Jim_Bowers_2009.jpg
Wow! My first thought was that it was a photo! Well done sir! ;D
Quote from: JimB on November 07, 2009, 02:48:15 PM
...Could do with better grass and more detail, including bushes and some scrub....
I don't think that this image needs anything more.
If you post this in a photo website most of the questions would be " where did you take this photo?" ;D
Kadri.
Great work Jim.
I really like the tree variation and the natural distribution system.
Very nice composition and light balance too.
Chris
Very nice indeed! Did you use the alpha for this render? I find it a tad soft, maybe the AA filter used? The green in the sky behind the background clouds on the right is also a little strange, though not unprecedented in nature. There is also a slight flatness in the lower-left, but the image as a whole is excellent.
- Oshyan
"Thank you for flying Air Terragen." :D
Thanks for the comments everyone.
Quote from: Oshyan on November 07, 2009, 07:42:54 PM
Very nice indeed! Did you use the alpha for this render? I find it a tad soft, maybe the AA filter used? The green in the sky behind the background clouds on the right is also a little strange, though not unprecedented in nature. There is also a slight flatness in the lower-left, but the image as a whole is excellent.
Yes Oshyan, it's the latest alpha. I'm re-rendering tonight with a couple of better settings. I know what you mean about the green sky, but not much can do about that right now to be honest.
(Updated image above)
the forest is very good ! nice lighting and colours.
very good job.
the critic about the sky has already be written :)
I think this is an excellent picture. How long was the render-time?
Love the lighting - nice work.
Really great. I've missed your posts here, JimB!
Did you ever do anything else with the image which had some mapping cutoff issues that you mentioned here before? It was a high level pov shot, at about cloud level, over green countryside and I remember it as a jaw dropper, even when it was posted as a wip with problems. I'd like to see where you went with that, I can't find it in here but I think I saw it on your PB stream, I'll have a look...
Here it is... http://s331.photobucket.com/albums/l469/jimbowers/TESTS/?action=view¤t=imagemapping_test.jpg
@ Lupina: Render time, for a 2k wide render, was around 2.5 hours on a dual quad 2.66 box. For 3 cloud layers and 4 populations, not too bad I'd say.
@dandelO: Yeah, Matt pointed out where I was going wrong on the image layer for that image. I didn't go any further with it, but have a backburner project with WW2 aircraft flying around. This image was to exorcise some demons, really. All I I've worked on for the past year seem to be deserts or barren landscapes ;) "I wanna do some trees, dammit!"
Nice update!
The detail and contrast in the shadows is very nice.
Good render time too for 2k.
Chris
faved at rosity!...love it, also the imagemapping project looks excellent too!
looks awesome. 8)
i also want to point out how much I like the clearing in the valley, its a nice touch to it.
Love it. Especially the contrast of cloud cover and sun on mountains.
John
This one is absolutely believable. Very natural looking! Awesome work! Adding this low fog was an excellent idea I guess.