Cabin Scene - Light Test

[marcdevon]

Hey Everybody

Here is a lighting test for a cabin scene rendered with Vray 1.5 RC2

 

 

 

 

I am hoping to receive some feedback as to what you guys think. My goal is to achieve natural feeling for the lighting. I wish for the house to look like a real (i.e. full scale) house rather than a doll house. I know that there are some modeling details that would have to be added for achieve a real feeling for the overall scene. For example, a real roof would have its shingles slightly overlapping the roof's sheathing layer. Additionally, some grass/landscaping and improved materials would have to be added. All C&C welcome and appreciated. The scene is illuminated with only a VRay dome light + HDRI. Additionally, there has been no additional post processing to these renderings. I am also aware of the smoothing issue with the logs. Since this is only a scene for only testing lighting, I decided not to address the lack of tessellation by my architectural modeler.

[Thiago de Andrade]

looks good so far, but the lighting depends on the mood you're trying to achieve, it looks like you are after a sunny bright day. If so, the sun light must be stronger and a little more redish/orange. If not, if it's going to be a snowy mood, than it's ok and the light should be a little more bluish.

The modeling will be improved with the texturing that's coming, so that the lodges don't look so rough and perfect.

[marcdevon]

looks good so far, but the lighting depends on the mood you're trying to achieve, it looks like you are after a sunny bright day. If so, the sun light must be stronger and a little more redish/orange. If not, if it's going to be a snowy mood, than it's ok and the light should be a little more bluish.

The modeling will be improved with the texturing that's coming, so that the lodges don't look so rough and perfect.

Thanks for the feedback. Since this is a sunny summer afternoon, I agree that the light should be stronger. However, I do not think that it should lean toward a redish/orange hue. For a morning/evening shot maybe, but for an afternoon shot, the light should lean toward a faint golden yellow to white. Although the conventional wisdom says make it warm, my observation has concluded that in reality this is really not the case. Anyway, here are my latest results:

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks again for the input

[marcdevon]

Here are some morning shots

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do these look convincing?