Mountain Home Interior

[markf]

I will probably be adding at least a dining room pendant fixture to this. Waiting for that info and architects comments on this. So I'll have at least one more revision

 

Any comments that any of you have for how this might be improved will be much appreciated, as always.

 

http://www.openrangeimaging.com/test-posts/ElkRun03.jpg

[Lester_Masterson]

Nice work overall, but a dew things would improve it 200%

 

a) find a nice image of fire (Google) and use it instead

 

b) increase the contrast level overall.

 

Keep up the good work

[Ky Lane]

Was Picasso the architect? Looks pretty nice, but lacks some texture where expected, and has too much where not expected. And that light/shadow at the centre of the image looks like a reflection off another peice of glass and out of place. The timber looks blurry/flat - add some bump maps.

 

Otherwise, looks nice

[markf]

Thank you for your replies.

 

Lester,

 

I'm going to try to find a good fire map. So far the only nice one I've seen is at turbo squid for $35. I have messed around with the Max fire effect for quite some time and just can't get it to look good. Probably best used for other purposes. I agree about the contrast also. I'm going to add a contrast adjustment layer in Photoshop.

 

Picasso was not the architect, but he might have had some influence. This was difficult to model and I'm glad I don't have to build the real thing.

 

Ky,

 

Could you elaborate on the texture comment. What looks too textured to you? I do have a bump map on the timbers. I had it turned up too much initially and now I have it turned down too much. You are right that it needs help, I'm going try to get some distressed looking bump to show up.

 

I think that the reflection you are talking about is on the cabinets. That is the reflection from a double glass door that is out of view behind the camera. It does seem a bit distracting. I have a Vray plane light there. I like how it helps light the room. I tried turning affect reflections and while that makes the reflection on the cabinet go away it takes allot of other nice reflection s off of the furniture etc. I'd like to see the reflection in the cabinet be more subtle without losing the rest of the light to the room. Not sure how to get there.

 

Thanks for your helpful comments!

[BillyElNino]

I think the old grey timber looks great. The stone texture is horrible, I take it this was prescribed rather than chosen? It seems very dirty and busy. You need to break the edges up too on that stonework. I agree about the fire, stick with an image. just a plain old stolen one from Google Images... Need some definition on the timber planking...

[markf]

Thanks for your reply! the stone was indeed prescribed. It's supposed to look as if the mortar is smeared over the un-finished (not shaped) stone. Like mortar sloppily smeared in between and over large angular rubble. The architect loves it. It it used here quite often and is a historic material in evidence around this victorian era gold mining town turned mountain resort. I photographed some to make the map. But I don't know. Maybe I have too much displacement on it.