Sunlight effect enough?

[heni30]

99.5% of what I do is interiors. Is the sunlight on this image working do you think?

 

Still missing signage and final stuff.

 

It's a prototype outdoor eating concept in a generic made up context.

 

[J.C]

I think your light source is too big wich is fading the shadows to an extreme, I don't think that's how the sun would look like at that time of day with clear skies or might be that whatever is casting shadows on your walls is huge and too far away, looks kind of wrong to me. Also your interior should be a lot darker and warmer.

[Ismael]

More towards,

 

 

and the building still brighter..., but you are better at photo edit than this.

[heni30]

Thanks!

 

Yeah, I was following a tutorial where a vray dome light material with a sky is used for gi and a vray sphere is used for sun shadows. Changing the diameter of the sphere controls the sharpness of the

shadows.

 

Here's the image with the base image re-rendered more sunlit with a lower sun for more interesting shadows. 2nd image is an even lower sun with warmer brick. Seems to do the trick.

 

The interior is not important - can even be pasted on.

Edited January 3, 2014 by heni30

[badramalik]

It is possible to get somewhat depressed or fatigued from lack of sunlight. You might want to consider taking vitamin d supplements.

[Corey Beaulieu]

Just use a Vray sun and a Vray Sky in the Environment rollout. The shadows can be controlled by the sun size. If you want sharper, then leave the size low, but if you want it more blurry then increase this. 5 or 10 should be more than enough.

 

Exteriors are not tricky to light, they are tricky to make believable because of the insane mount of detail and general dirt and imperfection. I would keep your lighting simple and focus your efforts there.

 

The Vray Sun can be a little intense so I might suggest a lower value you like 0.8, but other than that, just focus on paint and details. As Ismeal said

[heni30]

Hey Corey,

 

Thanks for the tips. I know - that's why Macker's buildings look so good; he comes from an architecture detailing background.

 

Do you work on exteriors at work?

[notamondayfan]

The main issue I have is the shadows. They differ in sharpness, and angle, and some things / people are missing shadows all together.

[M V]

Image needs more depth and contrast. See this video for advice...

 

Also, the people stick out like sore thumbs because they need to be shadowed to match the lighting in your image.

 

http://www.evermotion.org/tutorials/show/8855/compositing-and-depth

 

Signage and 'street life' will make this image more successful. Tell the story.