Some Distant Place

[Cyber-Angel]

This is my first real image that I've done using Populations, though not my first time using them, Populations seem much more stable in Terragen 2.1 and along with the faster render time made me convinced to do some thing. The Image Its self took about three days to work on, with a final render time 2hrs 18 minutes 

Image Specs:

Two populations using Firs form the Xfrog Pack on the Planetside home site: CL02m_Grand_Fir.tgo and CL02y_Grand_Fir.tgo
Detail: 0.50625
Anti-Aliasing: 6
Ray-Trace Objects Enabled
Customized Ray Pixel Shader (Max Sample Per Pixel 36, Min Samples per pixel 9 (Mean), First Sampling Level 1/4 first samples, Pixel Noise Threshold 0.406406)
GI Relitive Detail: 2
GI Sample Quality: 2
Pixel Filter: Mitchell-Netravali
Anti-Aliasing Bloom enabled
Do Ray-Traced Shadows Enabled  

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Regards to you.

Cyber-Angel      

[Henry Blewer]

This is really a nice render. The trees came out very well with your custom settings; thanks for sharing them. The only thing I would change just a little is thefog in the low trees. I think I would have made it a little thinner. (Then it could be this monitor I use)

[Cyber-Angel]

I am not sure how to proceed with the fog I will do some experiments on small test renders before committing on this render, I shall post an update to this image then. 

Regards to you.

Cyber-Angel   

[EoinArmstrong]

Nice pic - great sense of scale.  The couldscape is nice, but the overall atmo is a tiny bit too 'thick' for my tastes

[Cyber-Angel]

Nice pic - great sense of scale.  The couldscape is nice, but the overall atmo is a tiny bit too 'thick' for my tastes

I like the ambiance of the image, reminiscent of certain paintings of the 17th century and also reminiscent of scenes I've seen in real life; it is the evocation of a certain mood that I was going for. My Preference is for the interaction between light and the landscape and some time's this is at the expense of clarity.

Regards to you.

Cyber-Angel

[inkydigit]

very nice, agree about the fog density, still only a minor crit!

[choronr]

I like the overall balance of this scene; the direction of the rays and the valley go together perfectly. The low lying fog could be just a tad thinner.

[Oshyan]

A nice scene overall. I like the atmosphere where it is in terms of density. But I think contrast of the image overall is lacking. You can maintain the sense of atmosphere but also increase contrast for more "impact" and immersiveness. I also wonder why you customized the AA settings - were you just experimenting randomly, or was there some method behind those particular settings? Not that they're just, but in general you will get best render time and quality without using custom settings, unless you really know what you're doing.

- Oshyan

[Cyber-Angel]

A nice scene overall. I like the atmosphere where it is in terms of density. But I think contrast of the image overall is lacking. You can maintain the sense of atmosphere but also increase contrast for more "impact" and immersiveness. I also wonder why you customized the AA settings - were you just experimenting randomly, or was there some method behind those particular settings? Not that they're just, but in general you will get best render time and quality without using custom settings, unless you really know what you're doing.

- Oshyan

I had some rather bad stair-casing on the background mountain and the population in the mid-ground, as to the contrast that would present chromatic problems where the green of the foreground on the left side of the image starts to turn Grey. I am not really sure what to do about these issues. 

Regards to you.

Cyber-Angel

[Linda McCarthy]

I really like the dense atmosphere as is, though just a bit of contrast may make it even better.  This is a beautiful render.  My compliments!  Linda

[rcallicotte]

I agree about the contrast.  Maybe play with the lighting and environment light in concert with the contrast to fine tune it.  Nice atmosphere.

[Oshyan]

Your AA customization may have fixed the problem, but increasing overall AA should have as well, and might have done so with lower render time. Worth testing anyway.

I honestly don't think increased contrast would be much of a problem for your scene. Preliminary testing from my end on the basic JPG you've posted seems to prove that out. But of course it's your image, so if you prefer it this way, that's what matters.

- Oshyan