Rebirth

[Seth]

testing clouds and stones...

[choronr]

Clouds, terrain, atmo and surface work are superb; and, I like that Agave plant!

[Saurav]

The surfaces and the stone work looks like a photo. Congrats, superb render.

[Hannes]

Very realistic. Great image!

[old_blaggard]

Very nice work with the stones.  The clouds don't look quite right - they're too sharp at the top.  The texturing around the stones is very interesting... in some ways, it seems to fit right in; in others, it doesn't quite fit.  Perhaps it's because I feel that the texture looks mossy and should therefore be growing on some of the stones.  I'm not really a fan of the plant: it looks out of place here and the model itself looks quite stiff.  I've seen other people use this plant in the past, and I've never really been a huge fan of it.

That said, I really like the image overall; I'm just giving you critiques to help you make it look even better .

[Seth]

I totally agree with you o_b ! I really don't like the result of this render, mostly because of the plastic look of the plant ! Maybe i will post the original render without pw to show the textures and the clouds from stock render

[inkydigit]

very convincing stone work and water...agree about the aloe? plant...maybe another one would fit better...all in all though, I give this 9.5/10

[Mahnmut]

First of all, this is great,
I wish I could do something even similar.
The ground is among the most photorealistic things I have seen in TG.
I like the clouds too, but they have a slightly painted look in my opinion. Maybe this is a case for Buzzzz´s photoshop-technique.
Last but not least this looks a lot like norway or iceland to me, so I would replace  the plant by a dwarf birch or one of those round stonelike pillowy wosnames.
To say it again, the ground is great!!
Best Regards,
Jan

[Seth]

i send the original without postwork...
damn, i look at it before writing this post... i really don't like it (except the fake stones)...   
anyway... gonna work more on the next one...

[rcallicotte]

I like everything except maybe the plant.  Nice clouds, great lighting, good textures, nice populations of stones.  Good work.

[moodflow]

I see some soft lighting in there.  Looks fantastic!

[Oshyan]

As others have said the texturing and lighting are very realistic and well done. The plant is only mediocre, but I understand the desire to add an element of focus. Maybe a cactus or something of higher quality? Hard to say. I do hope you continue with this scene though as it has a lot of potential.

- Oshyan

[Seth]

i worked on it with a cactus before the ugly plant ^^
maybe i'll render it again with some modification... but that's another 100 hours to wait ^^
and i'm rendering something else right now...
but you're right, this one has potential...

[zhotfire]

The stones look great, but I agree the ugly plant has to go...   

[MacGyver]

100 hours?
I like the picture so far... stones are really extraordinary. I'm looking forward to see what plant you're going to use. How was working with the clouds seth? I heard that it is quite difficult to get them look realistic in TG2?!