Calm Lake

[RArcher]

Hadn't really planned on posting this one because I don't really like it but it took so damn long to render I figured I might as well.  More time should have been spent on the vegetation and surfacing.  The only part that I do really like is the tree distribution on the far shore leading up to the mountain.

This render took over 60 hours at 0.75 detail, 2/2 GI.  I was forced to increase the atmosphere samples to 160 to minimize the grain but it still wasn't enough.  The clouds as well had very high sample amounts.  I should probably spend more time on it, but I really don't feel like rendering it again.

Oaks and Grass from Klas.

[cyphyr]

Great image but I can see what your saying. Why is it so blurred? Too much/wrong kind of AA?

Richard

[RArcher]

The blur was added to both minimize the grain in the clouds and the crappy trees (set at medium by mistake) and to give a bigger focus to the mountain.  Here is the unaltered image from TG.

[rcallicotte]

Excellent sunrise and great lighting on the clouds.

[PG]

If the sun was slightly less powerful you'd probably have less grain in the clouds. Also it'd look less like an explosion.