Winter Arriving (Updated and Finished)

Phylloxera · August 11, 2009, 07:33:54 AM

successful water!

efflux · August 11, 2009, 09:07:50 AM

Very nice.

littlecannon · August 11, 2009, 07:06:45 PM

Wow.... and I like the colour variation the dry bushes give.The atmo is top notch, you can almost see that big cloud rolling in.
Cheers, Simon.

RArcher · August 12, 2009, 08:30:14 PM

An Update! Brightened things up just a little bit, re-did the foreground, increased the density in the back trees somewhat, re-did the background hills surfacing, and most important left the water and clouds alone! This one is likely finished now as another rough but promising scene is coming along.

Thanks everyone for your suggestions and encouragement.

Dune: The bright sky is a combination of increasing camera exposure, positioning the sun just out of camera shot on the left, and an increased haze density.

Gannaingh · August 12, 2009, 08:31:38 PM

Dang! I didn't think there was much to imporve on from your first image, yet somehow you managed it!

Henry Blewer · August 12, 2009, 09:22:26 PM

This is really beautiful. I'm looking forward to winter, but I'd settle for a day here.

Tangled-Universe · August 13, 2009, 04:35:49 AM

I love this one Ryan! Very beautiful work, thanks

Naoo · August 13, 2009, 05:26:16 AM

Hi

Again WOW!
Realy nice update.

Only the trees are a bit bit to -- sharp/hard (sorry I don't know better english words).

ciao
Naoo

inkydigit · August 13, 2009, 05:31:26 AM

excellent work!

MacGyver · August 13, 2009, 08:04:03 AM

I think that's some good tweaking you did here, even the small things that a very sharp eye could spot in the first render are now perfect!

Dune · August 13, 2009, 08:37:58 AM

Fantastic, congratulations! I really like the subtle contrasts. There's one thing though; there seems to be some repetitiveness (looks like cloning) in some grassy areas. Is there a reason why this could have happened? It's minor, you have to look closely to see it, but it's there.

RArcher · August 13, 2009, 09:31:06 AM

You've got one hell of a sharp eye Dune. There were a couple hard edges on the closest grass populations that I softened a little with the clone brush. There may be one final update coming after I finish the next render I'm working on just to give a little more variation in the grass, but not much else would change, if I even bother.

Thanks for the comments everyone.

Lupina · August 13, 2009, 09:54:45 AM

I love version 2

FrankB · August 13, 2009, 06:40:16 PM

Great render, Ryan, again :-)
Another candidate for your NWDA gallery.
Cheers,
Frank

Volker Harun · August 14, 2009, 05:17:36 AM

The sky is astonishing!