Winter Arriving (Updated and Finished)

RArcher · August 10, 2009, 12:51:53 PM

Just playing around with a few things. The snow is Martin's NWDA Snow Pack. Trees, bushes and grasses are from Walli.

Rendered at:

Detal: 1
AA: 10
GI: 1/4
1600 x 1000

A little over 10 hours render time.

Thanks for taking a look!

*Update on Page 2*

MacGyver · August 10, 2009, 01:10:55 PM

Nice, quiet scene. A lot of winter pictures coming out at the moment, is it already this late in the year?

I wonder what the background would look like with a bit of DOF applied...

Tangled-Universe · August 10, 2009, 01:58:57 PM

Wow wow wow...the atmosphere is simply outstanding! Very natural scene.
I like the way you distributed the trees. Perhaps a bit low dense here and there, but the breakup looks really nice and aids in depth-perception.
I'm not sure if the dry-bushes would really fit in a scene like this, but heck...they look nice

The foreground surface and shore could use some work I think. Perhaps a rockbed or other details could help.

Cheers,
Martin

Naoo · August 10, 2009, 02:33:02 PM

Hi

Oh yeah!
I agree with Tangled-Universe.

ciao
Naoo

schmeerlap · August 10, 2009, 03:00:02 PM

I like your mist setting which gives a good sense of depth to your terrain.

John

mhaze · August 10, 2009, 03:17:42 PM

beautiful

Mick

Gannaingh · August 10, 2009, 03:39:45 PM

Absolutely beautiful!

Henry Blewer · August 10, 2009, 05:58:56 PM

It's like the old prints from a photo magazine. Really beautiful.

Seth · August 10, 2009, 06:05:42 PM

very good atmo !
I love the water too

jcinbama · August 10, 2009, 07:56:13 PM

Very nice great job , thought it was a photo at first

RArcher · August 10, 2009, 09:48:09 PM

Thanks for the comments everyone. I think Martin nailed the few things I don't like about it, but they are fixable. The background trees do need more density, I was being stingy to cut down populating time. The foreground bank needs more work as well. My favorite parts are the sky the water and the mountains, I just need to make the rest match.

Phylloxera · August 11, 2009, 01:54:03 AM

Good atmo ! I like the foreground !

Dune · August 11, 2009, 02:07:24 AM

Absolutely amazing image! I love the contrast between sky and foreground. It has a very tranquil mood, great for a very large render to hang in the bathroom to stare at from under the shower. How did you get the whiteness in the sky, just high atmo?

cyphyr · August 11, 2009, 04:29:58 AM

I miss the summer already

There is a chill in the air.
I really like the contrast between the softness of the sky and the quite stark foreground, love the snow too, if I cant figure out how its done I just might have to buy Martins snow pack

Richard

FrankB · August 11, 2009, 04:32:02 AM

sky is top notch, Ryan! The rest is also great, but the sky is simply awesome!

Cheers,
Frank