Please give me some pointers on my first render, I want to improve

[shubba81]

I have done my first render using sketchup 7 and vray for sketcup. It sort of looks alright but I am hoping to make it better, all comments and advise is welcome.

The things I am not happy with are:-

1, It renders very blue, I know this has something to do with the environment and lighting, but with all my fiddling I haven't been able to improve it.

2, The trees are 2d camera follow trees, but they don't look great and some of them look like they have been badly photoshoped in.

3, The materials look alright but not very realistic, especially the grass which looks very flat even though it is contoured.

I would like to post the image but am not sure how, I do not have anywhere to host it on the internet so can post a link, I have posted it on the sketcucation site here - http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/...p?f=79&t=16322
Please comment on anything further that you think could be improved, apart from the design which isn't mine.
Thanks for any help given.
John

[Free Agent_cg]

Re: Please give me some pointers on my first render, I want to improve

putting a sun in there wil make this puppy alot better

[JHuman]

Re: Please give me some pointers on my first render, I want to improve

I agree with Free Agent about the shadows. But you'll need a lot more to help it out. Try some different trees, or make a better clip map. Add some reflection. Also, I think you need to go outside and check out some landscaping and how things really look, then you can develop your image, not all trees look the same, alter them slightly or photoshop some in. Hope this helps.