night scene

[EricCamper]

I have that pool scene that I did a while back and the client wants a night time shot. Do I just delete the sun or turn it off? What kinda of lights do I use for the lamp lights...Vray Dome? Plane? etc. Why is the sky blue and why does it shrink when it's cold.....These are some of the many questions I have today..

[Paul Oblomov]

If you delete the Sun the Earth will freeze.
Think of it

[percydaman]

If you delete the Sun the Earth will freeze.
Think of it

yes and much shrinkage will occur. Think about it.

[RErender]

just google it...

http://www.steadyhealth.com/testicle...ns_t93174.html

[DanielBrew]

You could try the VRayMoon from the SDK...

[EricCamper]

And I guess the other question....If a tree falls in the woods and there is no one around to hear it, does my shrinkage make a sound

[EricCamper]

VrayMoon..Are you joking...LOL... Or have I missed that joke completely...

[Paul Oblomov]

I think he said about VrayUniverse. The last time I used it - I recreated a BlackHole. Pretty nice. LWF was usefull addition + vrayedgetex + caustics

[EricCamper]

Well...LOL..I think I may have something....I just turned down the sun to about 5 am and turned the muliplier down to .01 Is this starting to look ok?

[pskdude]

your getting there lol. sorry i couldnt comment i was laughing to hard 1!!!!1 omg you guys cracked me up with this one specially the google!
ROFL !!!

[percydaman]

brrr...that pool looks cold. Much shrinkage going on methinks.

[ene.xis]

significant shrinkage!

[paulison]

its also funny that nobody seems to have posted a helpful reply :P

I would but i dont have much experience at these types of scenes. IMHO though, I would say that you are on the right track regarding having some light in the scene instead of deleting the sun. If this is getting towards evening i would say that normally there would be a bit of colour in the sky on the horizon as the sun goes down making the image a bit warmer. If it is later than this, I think in photography with a long exposure will start to look like more of a dark blue on the horizon fading to black (could be completely wrong but you know what im getting at). If you cant get it looking good you could always go back to the old manual way of doing it by referencing photo's from the time that you are looking for.

BTW, you would want to hope that the pool is heated!

[pskdude]

lol your right no one did really answer his questions i seem to always use vray sun and sky for these night shots. i bring the sun below the horizon and the vraysky in the enviroment slot seems to give me a decent amount of minimal light. However it give you a sunset look. Otherwise i would you use a night time hdri.

http://www.evermotion.org/index.php?...fold=exclusive

evermotion has some free dark ones which can give you that minimal light your looking for maybe. Hope it helps.

[EricCamper]

Here is an update. I did take the sun below the horizon and added some lights IN the pool. But the render times are 52:08. I think the lights under the water took it from 5 min to 50. Oh....And no problem on the question gone unanswered...LOL....I did open up that can. Pool is heated and try no to zoom in on speedo guy...He is starting to get a complex.