Greg Law Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 (edited) Studio/Institution: personalClient: personalGenre: Residential ExteriorSoftware: 3dsmax design 2012, Vary2, Photoshop, DOFpro, AutograssDescription: This is an image of one of those personal happy moments in 1968 in New Zealand. It is supposed to be early morning in Taupo. This is a personal practise image. I'm new to using Vray so am trying to improve.This is my second image I have done using Vray and my first doing DOF and Fog. Themodel of the house and the site are made in sketchup. The trees and shrubs arefrom HQ plants. The vegetable plants are from Xfrog. The grass isautograss. The Boxer dog is from Turbosquid. Thecar is from Turbosquid. It is a Blender model that I had to do a lot of work toget it to look right in Max. I think it was conversion issues that cause themodel problems. I still need to do work on the rims. Ihave made the DOF in the image using DOFpro. The fog is done in post using theZ depth method. Anycomments and crits are most welcome. Edited May 27, 2012 by Greg Law update image Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted May 28, 2012 Author Share Posted May 28, 2012 (edited) I was hoping to get a few crits for this image. I was wondering if some one would give me a few suggestions on what needs improving. I'm thinking it is a bit dark , there is some kind of light issue on the wall by the building and the fog on the right hand side needs improvement. I'm learning this as a design tool as part of my concept presentation stage. Edited May 28, 2012 by Greg Law Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy L Posted May 28, 2012 Share Posted May 28, 2012 I think you are looking too hard at the technical details and missing the big picture. You composition needs work before you address issues like fog and DOF, leave those on the back-burner. All they will do at this stage is slow down your test renders. The building takes too much of the frame and is too perpendicular to the camera, especially as you are not correcting the parallax. This makes it look like a schoolboy photograph, show another facade, so the eye can wander two sides of the building. The sky is not suitable for the scene. The handle of the shovel joins the car uncomfortably, looks like a car lollypop. The dog needs to go. When you move the camera, ensure there is a visual path to the building. Right now we are removed emotionally from it by looking over the planting. when you've inproved the composition you need to address the lighting. I cant tell what time of day it is supposed to be right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted May 28, 2012 Author Share Posted May 28, 2012 Hi Tom, Thanks for the feed back. I will look into these issues. The only thing I wish to leave in is the dog. It is a very important part of the image, as this is a memory image from my youth. The time of day is early morning when the mist is down. What colour cast do think should it have? I really appreciate this kind feed back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dollus Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 perhaps if the dog absolutely must stay, you can put it in a more natural pose. At the moment, it looks like a statue or threatening and currently makes the image a bit ominous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted June 1, 2012 Author Share Posted June 1, 2012 I will be doing some more work on this image over the weekend. I looked at some of Toms suggestions the other day, but I'm still not happy with the changed view. I'm also having trouble getting a good sky to look right and I need to do more work on the Vegetable garden. The soil is done with the Substance design pluggin. Is this a good tool for Architectual Vis? On the Boxer front. I assure you Taurus was one of the friendless dogs I have ever know. :-) Saddly he died when he was only 4 years. old of a heart attack. :-( Anyway I'm going to have a go at turning his head towards the camera. You are not the only one that has made that comment. This model of the boxer is so like Taurus it's spooky. I only had to do some minor tweaking of the neck as it was a bit long for him. The colours are identical to Taurus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biteny Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Great lighting and atmosphere! beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted June 24, 2012 Author Share Posted June 24, 2012 (edited) This is my latest update of my training image. I have done the following. Bent the dog model so he looks at the camera. Fixed the vertical Rendered at a higher res. Moved the spade Pulled back the view a bit. This image is about 4 things. The house, the car, the dog and the vegetable garden. These elements equally interact to make the intended scene of a past moment. This is why I have chosen to leave the angle of the view as it is. The view is not about the house it is about a intimate moment. By showing more of the surroundings it looses that intimacy I'm after. I seem to be getting blocie noise in the shadows. What is the best place to look to fix that? the Hsph = 60 interp samples = 20 Also the image is not as sharp as I would like. But I think that is a DOFpro issue I need to work on. Edited June 24, 2012 by Greg Law Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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