Hi folks, Here are two new renders of my bionicle scene. Ive pretty much got the terrain the way I want it. I added a couple of docking towers and some more robot-guys in the background (you can see them in the wideshot, one on tower 2 and 3 more on the paths at ground level). The closeup shot givesyou a nice view of the details on the bionicle model. Im still working on lighting, especially for the nighttime version of this scene. I still cant quite get that right (which is why I went ahead and rendered these daytime ones). Cheers, H&B PS: again, im always open to constructive criticisme, :o)

And here is the wide shot....

Now you need depth of field, and haze.

I'm going to take exception with SHONNER and urge 'no depth-of-field' [but definitely go with some haze]. I say this because we are so used to seeing depth blur in camera photos that we feel it's essential to our 2D renderings. But when I talk to a friend, I do not see things behind him as blurred. They may be so, [technically] because of the eye's construction, but the brain compensates. My world is always in focus...except when I take a photo of it.

Thanks guys, I hadnt thought about the haze. Ill give that a try. Cheers

Your eyes are not ALWAYS in focus. They work much like a camera lens. Your eyes will even produce a depth of feild blur when focusing on a near object. The background objects will appear blurred visually.

steama: you will note that I did not say that my eyes are always in focus. I said my world is always in focus...because the brain compensates. When the eyes move from foreground to bacground, the focus changes so fast that it's essentially seamless. [At least I can't see the blur]