Walli's NWDA Dry Grass

[Tangled-Universe]

Very nice scene Frank, shows the grasses nicely
The DOF really adds to the realism.
I tend to agree with the others about the blossom tree, one could call it an eye catcher since it draws the attention, others could call that distracting.

Martin

[Kadri]

I don't deem it problematic at all. If this was a photograph, the white petals would probably be overexposed, too, as they stand against the sun.
Actually and honestly, I find this cherry an eye catching element of the scene

Excuse me Frank but i don't think that it looks natural. If you can find a photo that looks alike that is another thing of course  

[Henry Blewer]

I have seen this effect before in photos. It's called glare. Unless you are filming a new Star Trek movie, it's not desirable. For CG, it's considered a good thing.

[Walli]

well, the point is that if your photo would look like this, then I would say - work on your exposure ;-)
Kidding aside - yes, when lit from behind, then you could get some sort of glowing - the point is, on a photograph this object still would fit in place, would look like it belongs there. In case of your rendering it looks like the cherry has a different lighting. It simply looks out of place in my eyes. It almost looks like a 2D billboard, no sense of depth.
If you manage to keep the glow AND make it look like it belongs there, then you made it. Until then I would say - great rendering, but the cherry looks wrong.
Thats the reason why I said that its often hard to work with white blossoms.

Probably some sort of AO pass on the cherry would help to bring back the depth.

[Kadri]

well, the point is that if your photo would look like this, then I would say - work on your exposure ;-)
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[Henry Blewer]

Good point Walli. I have known that you have a better eye for details than I do. To be honest, my eyesight is so bad I can't drive a car.

[Walli]

my eye sight is actually also not that good ;-)

Probably another point comes into play - the cherry from this perspective has a similar shape compared to the bushes in front of it. To me it almost looks like a "ghost version" of the shrubs in front of it, ready to fly around in the sky.

I am not claiming that this cherry is totally wrong, but I simply have some sort of earie/ghost like feeling when seeing this cherry.