trying to get the sky and lighting right on overcast skies...
I have been trying to do this for a long time. I like cloudy days. If I get the sky right, the land is too dark. Well, that was my complaint for the day, thank you for reading...
Looks good to me , Frank .
Looks nice! I really like the lighting and everything else look fine too besides some very little things. But I think you achieved your main goal very well!
Cheers,
Martin
Great Frank, very smooth.
thanks guys
the next is a thicker cloud, darker variant.... logically the light cast from the sky is a bit less.
The sky is so awesome! :D
Maybe you could balance it more by decreasing the GI in the atmo and then increasing exposure?
This way you should be able to get a similar exposed sky but more exposed ground in post.
Cheers,
Martin
I LOVE the clouds in the second one!
Thanks guys. Funny, I didn't expect any replies to this really. I mean, realistic overcast skies are not exactly an enticing outlook ;)
Anyway, here is a third variant... and that's it for now :)
... well one more maybe :)
Cheers,
Frank
I guess because it's a challenge in terms of lighting?
I haven't really tried yet, but diffuse lighting through clouds seems to be pretty difficult and I haven't seen such a scene so far.
Quote from: nikita on February 22, 2010, 05:10:03 PM
I guess because it's a challenge in terms of lighting
that, plus how do you get enough light on foliage, so that it looks decently realistic? It can easily be overdone, too.
ok, last one, in a more artistic fashion, darker, more sinister weather brewing...
All lovely, Frank, I like the second one best. Couple that with the lighting on surfaces in the third one and you have a real winner! Not an easy balancing act, ha! :)
Very nice!
I like the last render best. It has great drama from the clouds.
Ditto on the second variant.
Ladies and Gentlemen.... my vote goes out to...... variant 2!
Stunning cloud, Frank.
Here's the last one, it's essentially the same as the previous, but with a higher cloud coverage.
I've packed them together as a shiny new "Overcast Skies Pack" at NWDA
http://www.nwdanet.com/buy-packs/7-preset-packs/53-overcast-skies-pack.html
Cheers,
Frank
Thanks for your comments and voting :)
However, despite what's the most appealing scene as such, all 4 skies can be the right choice - just depending on what you are trying to do, or which lighting and weather conditions you are trying to simulate. So these 4 give you a little choice :)
Cheers,
Frank
The last one looks nearly exactly what I had in mind when we're talking on IM, fantastic work!
This will make a very nice pack :) I have great plans with it already :)
I see a technical error though. In the upper left there's a bucket which is way noisier than the rest. It's not the top-left bucket, but the one next to it.
Perhaps something to look for and see if you can reproduce it, if you see what I mean?
made another more spooky one.
Perhaps a bit too much, but certainly very cool :)
Is this one included in the pack as well?
yeah, it's fantasy style.
But no, it's not included. It actually doesn't have much to do with the other overcast presets. Completely different theme here.
To reproduce it you would just take the last preset, increase coverage, add a lightsource behind the camera, and switch off "do rt shadows" in the render node.
Cheers,
Frank
I think the last one would look great (and perhaps more realistic) without the background light on, still pretty stormy/spooky :)