To The Wind

[PorcupineFloyd]

I'm still doodling with the atmosphere. This time cumulus + altocumulus + low cumulus for dust.

Turned out pretty well if you forgive the foreground which I had to blur because it was ugly

Photomatix for tone mapping + Photoshop for colour correction.

Render details:
3600 x 2400; Q: 0.715; AA:7 NC; GI: 1/3/8 SSP:on
Atmosphere: 64 samples
Altocumulus: 38 samples
Cumulus: 300 samples
Dust: 13 samples

Render time: ~17H

[MrHooper]

Wow, neat stuff.  Love the variety in the clouds, and clarity.  Very cool.

[Mohawk20]

The wide lens and tone mapping give it a very heavy feel, I like that!

[rcallicotte]

Wow.  Fantastic clouds and excellent lighting.  If you put together an eery terrain, this would be supergroovy.  Dude.   

[MacGyver]

Wow.  Fantastic clouds and excellent lighting.  If you put together an eery terrain, this would be supergroovy.  Dude.   

Like these metallic bubbles?

[PorcupineFloyd]

Hm, metallic bubbles would be neat on this picture. I'd have to change the atmosphere and cloud colour though :-)

I'll try to make convincing sand someday, or a soil perhaps.

Too bad that rendering water takes so long and requires higher quality settings to get rid of visible triangles underwater as I'd make a long, shallow shore with this render.

[Phylloxera]

Very interesting this research on the clouds!

[inkydigit]

super clouds...any tips/ hints??

[trekker317]

Yes, the clouds are very interresting !

Thierry

[rcallicotte]

I agree with inkydigit - tutorials...or something, please.   

[PorcupineFloyd]

Yes, tutorial would be nice. I'll try to write something during this weekend :-)

[MacGyver]

Now that you've said it, I really would like to see it with a nice shoreline!

[efflux]

Great cloud forms.

[GioMez]

Some clouds have really great shapes!
Very good work!