lazy days

[mcvltd]

Here's my latest attempt at creating a tropical water scene. Had to do quite a bit of photoshopping to get it looking right but I'm fairly happy with the result.

water was a dreamscape surface with a surface underneath for the ocean floor
foreground water was rendered separately due to memory constraints
vray sun/sky/physical cam used
rocks were created in vue
yacht modelled in modo
bushes were purchased from turbosquid
palms were free from marlin studios
clouds were hand painted in photoshop

Comments and crits welcome!

Regards,

Rob.

[sv]

tee hee - lovely stuff mate.
Although on a first glance the water is a bit rough? Other than that lovely stuff.

Can just imagine sitting there drinking rum.

[werticus]

The thing that sticks out to me is the amount of smog on the horizon The sky should be clear, blue on blue

[Guest]

I agree with the above comments..... the ocean could use a little les choppy waves... its to rough to fit the scene well.

But oh how nice your water is.... i would love to see a setup of it.

[mcvltd]

Thanks guys, great crits as usual! I'll tone down those waves and remove the standard vray sky for a photoshopped one with less haze.

Here's the settings for the water surface....

[Da_elf]

The thing that sticks out to me is the amount of smog on the horizon The sky should be clear, blue on blue

trust me, i live in the caribbean and ive been begging for less fog in the vray sky so i can get better images

[mcvltd]

trust me, i live in the caribbean and ive been begging for less fog in the vray sky so i can get better images

..I thought that was just the effect of having too much rum....

[werticus]

i live in a city with over a million people and the vray sky has too much fog for my skyline.

[rmejia]

Nice, reminds me of a nearby small island called "Palominito"

http://www.panoramio.com/photos/original/680511.jpg

http://www.panoramio.com/map/#lt=18....&k=1&a=1&tab=1

[mcvltd]

werticus - I think we should start a petition for 'vray tropical sky'....

rmejia - wow, you live near here? Fantastic, you're living my dream! I notice your Island is a lot flatter than mine, will have to squish mine down a bit.

[rmejia]

I live in Puerto Rico, it's the bigger island to the left of Palomino and Palominito. To the right of PR there are a couple of very lovely British Virgin Islands. One of them, Virgin Gorda, has a beach called "The Baths" which is just amazing. Don't know if people from the UK go vacationing there ... it's a little far away from home

Maybe you could also add a couple of islands farther away in the image.

[Da_elf]

werticus - I think we should start a petition for 'vray tropical sky'....

rmejia - wow, you live near here? Fantastic, you're living my dream! I notice your Island is a lot flatter than mine, will have to squish mine down a bit.

mines quite flat too

[mcvltd]

..well if all you caribbean guys have flat islands then I'll be damned if I'm going to be the odd one out!

Here's my revised image - replaced the vray sky with a dreamscape sky and toned down the waves a little. Also had a play with the bump on the water too - just to get a bit more detail in there.

[ene.xis]

wow!

the island itself looks just a bit off.....dof maybe?

[mcvltd]

Thanks ene.xis. Maybe the island is too crisp and bright. I'll try and put a little blue fog over it.