Living room

[myth]

I need a few suggestions to improve this rendering I am working on

[STRAT]

looking ok to start, but, imo -

 

* the wood floor is way too reflective

* the people have the wrong contrasts

* the external image is way out of scale and wrongly lit

* too bright in general. not enough lighting contrast. also, turn off those kitchen spots.

[leed]

As well as what STRAT mentioned your perspective does not match with the background image.

Also try and get the focus around the table area, having the people in towards the window just drags your eye straight to the outside and the bad perspective, you are not showing what is nice, the room,

I would focus in the room not what's out the window..

 

Lee

[myth]

I take your suggestion the background looks weird.

 

The space is at an altitude of 300' and it is impossible for me to take a picture at that altitude. Any suggestion of how I can make this look right.

 

But otherwise I like to know if the perspective is working in showing the space.

[STRAT]

why not take your camera a couple of feet forward too? only at the mo you have a strange composition - a wasted area on the left which is a blank wall, and a soffit ceiling right above you. Or even just pan your camera target a tad more right.

 

as for the perspective, why not model some dummy blocks of those existing buildings into the scene. that'll give you an idea of perspective and heights and give you a reference for squidging your backround photo to fit.

 

you have an aweful lot of glass in there, so getting the externals right is important. how about some sky in the photo aswell, and dare i say it, birds?

 

it would also help greatly if the backround image wasn't as in as poor quality as it is. As Mr David says, why not naturally draw the focus to the room instead of straight outside?