Charrette Image

[MHenry]

Hi all,

I generated this image for a charrette in another forum. The model and charrette were created by Jeff Patton. I thought I would post it here first to get some feedback before I posted it there. Once again all crits and comments to improve what I have done are greatly appreciated.

Image was genereated in VRAY 1.5. The lighting consists of VRAY sky and some photometric lighting.

[visumporec]

Very nice image, yes i like it

[paulison]

looks excellent...really cant pick flaws in it although i think the reflection off the glass seems to line up with the internal stone wall which confuses me a bit as it seems to give the impression that the stone is also reflecting. its not a fault though...

[z1pp3r]

excellent image nothing obvious to pick on really

[MHenry]

Hey, thanks everyone for the kind words!

Paulison - Thanks for pointing out the strange reflection along the internal wall. I think this is cuased because everything was modeled so symmetrically. I'm going to try to find a work around.

[mresailor]

really nice. I am playing around trying to get some water like yours.. care to share how you got it too look like that?

[JeffG2]

So do you like the Vray or Fry version better?

[MHenry]

@ mresailor - Thanks for the comment.

My water shader:

Diffuse Color 9,29,54 151,213,54

Reflect Slot:
Reflect Color (Reflection Value) 255,255,255 0 0 255 (basicaly pure white)
Fresnel reflection (checked)
Fresnel IOR 1.3
(everything else defualt)

Refraction Slot:
Refract Color (Trasparent Value) 207,207,207 0,0,207
IOR 1.2
Max Depth 5
Exit Color 37,45,63 157,105,63
Fog Color 86,108,132 150,89,132
Fog Multiplier .07
check affect shadows
(everything else defualt)

I also applied a noise modifier to the geometry I used as my water surface to create the ripples.

Hope that helps.

@ JeffG2 - definetly VRAY!

[mresailor]

thanks MHenry - wow, thats much more involved than what I was thinking. Here are two images that I was playing around with the other day (yes, using Pixel Cream's freebie for frame of reference and the bridge to no where was a test of scale - for the wave sizes:

Water:
Vray Material
Reflect: 70,70,70
Refl. Glossiness: 1.0
Subdivs: 8
Fresnel reflections checked (unlocked)
Fresnel IOR 3.4 (using Vray Color in the maps rollout 213, 213, 213)
Max Depth: 5.

Added a Vray Displacement Mod and adjust the amount (first image is 6" and second is 2") based on how close the subject is) in this case the boat..

Thanks for sharing..

[pailhead]

Maybe you should try cranking up the artificial light, blowing them out a bit and making them much warmer. Also, maybe even lowering the environment multiplier while keeping the same background sky intensity.