Duin's Falls

[choronr]

Many thanks to Dune for his guidance, suggestions and ideas for the waterfalls. The node set up here is his which uses both a plane and a simple shape shader that form the falls/river. The water/falls/river are created procedurally and lie in a trench that is carried on forth as the downhill river.

I used four cloud layers to augment the falls/water/river, namely: Vertical Falls Cloud layer, Splash Cloud layer, Splash Mist Cloud layer and Bottom River Mist Cloud layer.

I also used three conifers, namely: NWDA/Walli Pine forest, jcinbama's Big Pine and dandelO's Larch.

I plan on creating a few more waterfall images with the next using a Water shader and a wider river - this being one of another set up by Dune. I'm doing this for practice to get a better handle on the use of the SSS and Plane.

[kaedorg]

Very interesting use of the cloud layers. Thanks to indicate their names, it gives an idea of how you use them.

Colour of the near waterfall seems like a river. The one in the top is nice.

Waiting to see more. Good job Bob

David

[choronr]

Thank you David. This image uses a 'Heightfield load' (a DEM file of somewhere in the southwest). The next project will use a Fractal terrain and Water shader; and, the following will use a heightfield.

Just need to keep on experimenting. 

[Dune]

Looks good, Bob. In the lower end you can see what happens with a rugged base, the water gets rugged/rough as wel, which works good enough here, as it can be a rough ride down, but you sometimes want smooth falls and rivers, so it's better to start with a soft terrain and find the best spot for a fall (where the water plane is 'level'). Can't wait to see your next one.

[DannyG]

Nice work on this Bob

[bobbystahr]

Between you and Ulco I seem to be getting mt waterfall urge back....lots to think about in both of your posts...thanks guys

[choronr]

Glad you enjoyed Bobby. A lot to learn and experiment with.

[mhaze]

Nice work.  I like the bigness of it

[choronr]

Thank you Mike. After putting this one together, I feel for sure that a more close up POV will be easier to manage similar to Dune's.

[zaxxon]

Pretty exciting techniques being displayed here. The waterfall fits nicely within the terrain, good work!