Barrett Lane Project

[M.Max]

good work ! I like the lighting and trees shading looks really nice .
I think the reflection on the windows is very strong especially on the second image and the ceiling is too perfect for my taste but isn't that what all the Clients asking for
Regards,

[glorybound]

Thanks. What do you mean by the ceiling being to clean? They loved the front and asked for zooming in on the tower in the back. Also, seeing the siding they thought would be the bomb, isn't working for them, so they want the board and batten. It's good that they are getting value out of these images. It would be might expensive to remove the siding they thought that they would like.

[dlparisi]

Update. I am using a new monitor and it was really washed out, so I added some contrast, along with other changes prior to the new monitor.

Looks a little too contrasty to me. Is your new monitor calibrated?

[glorybound]

I thought so, too. I used Windows to calibrate.

Looks a little too contrasty to me. Is your new monitor calibrated?

[dlparisi]

Do yourself a favor and get a Spyder or similar to properly calibrate. IMO, it's crazy to spend money on a new monitor and not have it calibrated.

[glorybound]

I had a Spider, but it was an older one. What would you recommend? The one I had relied on my eyes, which seemed strange. I want something automatic, if that makes sense.

Do yourself a favor and get a Spyder or similar to properly calibrate. IMO, it's crazy to spend money on a new monitor and not have it calibrated.

[dlparisi]

I have a Spyder 5 Express running with DispcalGUI rather than the Spyder software. Seems accurate.

[glorybound]

Now that I think about it, I had some device to hang over my monitor. I have been using Window's Calibration, which relied on my vision.

[glorybound]

Updates.

[joconnell]

Second one's gorgeous. First one's great too, if the path and the edges of the grass were ragged up a little bit so they were a bit more natural, it'd be pretty damn believable too.

[glorybound]

Thank you. Which grass edge are you referring to?

[joconnell]

Probably more the path that's sweeping down from the left into the car space. Architects might not really like you weathering their scenes all that much but it'd be great to see a vfx take on it rather than the idealistic one for the fun!

[glorybound]

Gotcha! I also noticed that my brick is off on the concrete wall top.

[3DMK]

For exteriors, reflections are almost unnoticeable, except for glass and metals.

Reflections make a huge difference to exterior scenes, even if they seem subtle at times. It appears that the house will be painted?? Nearly all exterior paints have a glossy appearance. Also metal gutters, fascias, etc are quite reflective. My advice is to use reflections [even if sparingly] & be happy that the extra render time is what is needed to get a much better quality render.

Hope this helps

Cheers
Jamie

[glorybound]

I'll try more reflection on my next project.