Another rocktype

[DocCharly65]

Nailed. Lovely dunes, Dune. 

agree, and glad *you* said  that hee hee hee

agree too, and glad that "you" said that you were glad that "he" said that...      (the next one quoting must be a genius  )

[Dune]

Another color scheme.

[AP]

Somewhere lost in the Sahara? The vegetation blending into the desert before hitting the sand dunes looks good. Overall transitions look good. The setting just feels hot. The coloring looks good as well. The only one issue, maybe not an issue is there seems to be a bit much specularity on the Palm Fronds and or reflection. The third image has some good looking oxidized rock. Overall, great setting but would not want to be there.   

[DocCharly65]

I like this oxidized look of the rocks more than the other version. What I'm missing a bit is a little harder shadows to get a feeling of the climate in this region. What do you think Ulco?

But all in all a view as out ofd "the mummy". Great!

[Dune]

Well, it's all just testing rock types, so the colors and veggies are a last addition. It's not meant to be a perfect final, but an exercise. Still struggling with those rocks in newer versions. I saw that rock color in some googled desert photo's, and I liked them, the deep reds and the dark greys. Dumped the palms in the meantime, but you're right about the overkill of specularity.

[AP]

What part of the rock is still having issues?

[luvsmuzik]

I had an issue similar using surface layers and displacements. In your reddish color do you have a FSS that is getting smashed? I wondered if there is a way to avoid this when you try compute terrain and lateral displacement?

[ajcgi]

Nailed. Lovely dunes, Dune. 

agree, and glad *you* said  that hee hee hee

agree too, and glad that "you" said that you were glad that "he" said that...      (the next one quoting must be a genius  )

Well I'm thrilled that you said that you're glad he said that he was glad I said that... I think!?
That really is a hot looking place. But not arid with all that greenery about.

[Dune]

There's no FSS involved.

[Jo Kariboo]

I love the colors of the rocks on the right. Against this background of desert and sand, the rocks colors in my opinion should appear less sharp and more dusty.

[zaxxon]

Your rock explorations are always intriguing, almost frightening; and your techniques appear to involve some sort of voodoo, or perhaps a deal with an unsavory deity? At least let us know that no small animals have been harmed in the making of these images. And what's up with the shape of that tower (?), hmmm....

All jesting aside, wonderful imagery, great rock structures!

[Dune]

 

[luvsmuzik]

Great! I like this. The camera angle is better to show larger splotches of color, what I mistook for FSS. Foliage is better as well. The palms didn't work for me in previous renders. The palms were okay on lower level, I just didn't care for them at closeup angle.

Thank you for all of your trials and sharing "how to do".

[Kadri]

I like the image Ulco; strangely my mind is expecting a brighter rocky foreground-at least then it is now-.

[Dune]

I'm doing another one now where I reduced the saturation to max 20% and lightened the rock op by 140%, let's see what happens....

Here's another dark one. Made some simple sagebrush for this.