Whitechapel 1888

[mhaze]

Fantastic work, as ever, very moody!

[Hannes]

Thanks, Mick!!

[Hannes]

Another last iteration...
I replaced the sky texture, tinted the enironment light, the background shader and the fog slightly (!!) more blueish, and gave the lamps a warmer color (very good idea, Steve!).
I think, this is really the final one.

[Hannes]

Forget it, guys! The sky replacement is smooth and dramatic...
...and doesn't fit to the rest. I should listen to you all! I created TG native clouds (took me less than five minutes, and I didn't have to change much in the rest of the scene), and it seems, it looks way better. Rendering now...

[Dune]

Final, I'd say. Great!

[Hannes]

Final, I'd say. Great!

Thanks a lot, Ulco, but no! As I wrote, the actual version (that I am rendering right now) with real clouds will be (hopefully) the final final one.

[blattacker]

Forget it, guys! The sky replacement is smooth and dramatic...
...and doesn't fit to the rest. I should listen to you all! I created TG native clouds (took me less than five minutes, and I didn't have to change much in the rest of the scene), and it seems, it looks way better. Rendering now...

Honestly, I think the only reason it doesn't seem to fit to the rest of the scene is the lighting on top of the buildings. There seems to be a strong light source from above, but the roiling clouds would be blocking out the moon, so it's a bit confusing as to where that light is coming from. I think if you like that sky, you could definitely keep it if you tone down the highlights on the tops of the buildings

[Hannes]

Thanks Blattacker! You're absolutely right.
I decided not to keep that sky backdrop. In my actual version (which I started to render the third time for now, because I found some flaws) the clouds are real as I wrote, and so the lighting should be correct.

[sboerner]

Looking forward to the new render! The one you just posted looks very good already.

[WAS]

Even the new iteration looks great. Maybe a little too blue coloured. 

Can't wait to see the new one.

I imagine very dark clouds (albedo) with a higher sun power may give you dark brooding clouds with hints of light where it's thinner. But seems you may have got it. 

[Hannes]

It may sound ridiculous, but that's the final one. Really. The final final one (I said that already), but I think, that's it.
A little less blue (which is good I think), and with natural clouds. Still some bright roofs, but there's no cheat. It's sunlight and environment light. No background shader trick.


Off to something else... hopefully...

[WAS]

With the angle of the roofs visible we can safely assume that's the twilight lighting from the sunet or what not.

I really love this scene really great.

[sboerner]

Agree. This one's a keeper. Looks like the extra effort on the sky was well worth it.

[Kadri]

Nice render Hannes. The last version looks really better.

[Dune]

Indeed, sky is much nicer, much more definition too. But the previous one wasn't too bad either, so you have 2 finals now, one semi-final, and one presumably-semi-final. Now for the presumably-definitely-final