Exterior scene lighting unrealistic though good hdri please help

[jasminyes]

hey guys,

 

I have a huge problem with the lighting and am unable to solve it for a while now.

I use cinema r18 and vray 3.4 . No matter what I do it just looks unrealistic. The materials look flat, even though there is nothing wrong with them.

 

I use a simple sunny hdri from peter guthrie, adjusted exposure and rgb color profile, gamma value of 0,7-0,8.

 

Any help is much appreciated.

[Devin Johnston]

Your problem is that you don't have a complete scene, you can't expect an architectural scene to look real if you have no environment.

[Marco Manunta]

yes definitely true what Devin said...is it realistic that situation ? the height of the point of view ? did you've ever seen something like this in the real world ? i don't think so.

 

First start by adding some context, and you will see that the light will appear much more realistic..

[SkylineArch]

Your materials look flat as well. Remember,

[jasminyes]

Thank you all!!!

I'll look at the fresnel thanks , and since I have a new vray version I had AO switched off. I changed materials and now it looks much better. And yes, I have taken away the grass because for test renderings like this it would take too long.

[Chris MacDonald]

since I have a new vray version I had AO switched off.

 

It should be. AO is out-dated and ugly, aside from in very specific situations.