Sierra's WIP

[mhaze]

Glaciers melt year round and could be just up the valley or 10 miles away.  There may well not be snow around!  - you get water just like this, in the alps, in the summer when streams bring the water down to the lakes from the glaciers. You are more likely to see water like this in high mountain lakes than in the large lower level ones however.

[bobbystahr]

Glaciers melt year round and could be just up the valley or 10 miles away.  There may well not be snow around!  - you get water just like this, in the alps, in the summer when streams bring the water down to the lakes from the glaciers. You are more likely to see water like this in high mountain lakes than in the large lower level ones however.

Mick's quite correct...have seen the same in the at least Canadian part of the Rocky Mountain range...

[Tangled-Universe]

Yes you might be right after all.

I remember when I was hiking in China that the river I hiked along wasn't particularly stained, because it was the wrong time of the year my guide explained. He was refering to melting snow which picked up minerals/particles which gave the particular stain.

If you google "tiger leaping gorge" you may find differently coloured water, dependant on the season.

I don't know whether the Sierra's have all year round the same kind of coloured water.
If I check the references I see all kinds of different things, also dependant on how fast the water is flowing, yet you should not mistake air-bubbles for colour though.

All in all, difficult design choices.

[Dune]

Just follow esthetics then.

[bobbystahr]

Just follow esthetics then.

yup...good taste will win the day.

[otakar]

Gorgeous rocks and the tree distribution is to die for. Hard to achieve, at least for me it is

[Tangled-Universe]

Thanks guys

More's cooking now.
I think I have found a better POV as well.

[AP]

Great.

[Tangled-Universe]

Here it is...what do you guys think of this POV?

[AP]

It seems like a good point of view. The trees and overall lighting is very photo real. The rocks seem a bit bright but it might be my monitor. What are you planning for the upper parts of the mountains, any strata rock or slight color variations? I like the water a lot. Any twigs, leaves or other debris planned?

[Tangled-Universe]

Yes there's more discussed and planned to do, just scroll/read back if you like

I hope I can keep up working on this, as other ideas start pushing away my focus from this.

[Dune]

I must do some nitpicking, Martin. Everybody is very enthusiastic about the rocks, but, to be honest, I find them a bit dull. Especially with this lighting the shore on the left is one mass without much distinction. It might be so in the Sierra's, and in that case I would find a POV or lighting where the rocks are not such a big part of the render. Unles you will break it all up with grasses and stuff, perhaps.
I do like the algue on the rocks where they are wet.

[bobbystahr]

I really like the PoV,...has a more 'human' feel to it.  Like you're seeing it from the PoV of someone standing where the camera is.

[AP]

Yes there's more discussed and planned to do, just scroll/read back if you like

I hope I can keep up working on this, as other ideas start pushing away my focus from this.

I had not an opportunity to read this entire thread yet but i will soon.

[mhaze]

I Agree with Dune about the large block of rocks with little contrast, it needs breaking up and less flat lighting.  Veg would be good and the shadow looks out of place. Water looks great.