Domestic Staircase

[chris-x//]

without the bloom for me perfect image, one of the best i've seen so far i'm shocked, i feel tiny

10/10

[joconnell]

Far better without the bloom in my opinion - really crisp render - looks fucking great The blend with the background photograph is perfect.

[armilla]

Absolutely stunning work Geoff - your best yet I think. I agree about the comp with the background image, it's spot on, and I feel the amount of bloom needs to be more subtle. The second image looks so convincingly real that it looks almost ordinary without some bloom applied. You should put this one up for Expose 4!

[jujubee]

Wow that's really impressive...

[jacksc02]

nice one geoff!
the one thing that is missing is some reflective caustics from the chrome!

[DaForce]

wow! Outstanding piece of work!!

[mcphep]

a great render.

my only comment is on the stair itself; how practical is the metal bar on the step? It looks a good height to trip on?

[paulison]

cool, thats really excellent!!!

i had to have a few looks to pick up some weird effect on the radiator, and a slightly mottled effect on the ceiling and chair materials on the right. To be honest I think you need a better chair.

Focus on the stair though and its perfect!!!

Oh yeah and i thought how you matched the background to the interior lighting is probably the best i've seen both in terms of light and perspective. Helps a lot making it look very realistic

[geoff]

@paulison the jpg compression has caused a few blocky looking patches. The radiator has slight reflections in it but looks fine uncompressed. The chair is a cheap one from ikea. I didn't want to go for an expensive designer one to not detract too much from the stair.

@mcphep the riser bar is to close off gaps smaller than 100mm to comply with building regs here in the UK. It's set back so isn't a trip hazard. Spiral have been doing this design of stair for 40 years now, so I kind of think they know what they are doing

I've had a lot of comments about the background looking good. Just lucky finding a photo which had the right perspective on it. Got it from morgue file so it was free, yippie

I don't normally post full size images, but here it is anyway!
full size image

[trick]

Nice photography There must be a big mirror out there that reflects the sunlight into that room

[sv]

Really amazing render. One of the best i have seen -

just one question i have been wondering about a lot recently - how did you add the glow or "bloom"? I've seen a lot of renders with glow added afterwards, and am not sure of the correct method for doing this - rendering out a gbuffer layer with material id's perhaps?

Presumably some sort of Post production Photoshop levels and soft light layering? I think it really adds that extra bit of realism that i really want to put into my work, and would love to know how the experts do it....

cheers.

[geoff]

There are a few ways to achieve the glow.
I applied a diffuse glow filter on a copy of the image.
I then reduced the opacity to about 30%.
Adjust the levels to suit afterwards
Takes a bit of playing around with the glow settings and the levels.

Geoff

[sv]

thanks a lot, i see how it works now - really nice design by the way.

[Gijs]

Nice work Geoff, you got the right amount of light entering the room, which makes it a pleasant image to look at. I like the second rendering best.

[dennis]

looking real good. the second image works best for me