I had this up in the gallery but didn't get much feed back. The feedback I did get (Which was quite good) I worked on, but I want to take it a step further. The consept comes from a short photo shoot trip I took out to the islands. I went with my favorite model. (The lass who modeled for my Lawren charector) As I was getting somthing from the bar, I saw her like this just looking out over the water, and decided to recreate the sceene since I missed the acual shot with my camara. She is moving away soon and after so many years of us working together and her becoming such a dear friend and insparation of mine, I wanted to give somthing that I am proud of for her to hang up on her wall. She has been hounding me for some 3D work for months now. I think this is the right peace to give her if I could get it perfect, because it is of her, it shows and fits her personality perfectly, and is the way I have and will alway see her. Elusive, beutiful, sensual, and with a true apreciation for the natural beauty that I always take for granted, at least until she opened my eye to it. I'm going to miss her and just want to give a little somthing to remind her of what she really means or inspiers. -Gabe-

gabe, i think it's just fantastic! i don't go much to galeries, so i'm glad that you posted it here again. those shadows on her left arm are just great. couple of things only: - that shadow on her back is coming from an unlogical light source. imho, it would be better if the light came from the water, leaving some caustic reflexions on her right arm. see that tree on the right - it gets it's light from under the horizon - from the water. maybe you should keep that left hand light source, but make it weaker and with very small shadow map, like 30-50, just to get some very difuse shadow. - the hair strands are bit too uniform (but you can fix it in the post production). please post it again when you finish it.

Ok first, the hair do you meen the strands on the left right or boath? I asume you meen the right, couse when I looked at it again it relly din't look right to me, but I hate to do post wirk so I'll play with it in Max. As for the light scorce, that is a good point too, I never thought of that, but the tree she is leaning on is also a 3D model. I Went and took a shot of where she was leaning the next afternoon before we left, and couldn't quite get the angel right so I moved in alitle and swiched to a wider lenze. The tree she is leaning on was made in Max with my own textures and alot of Headachs. The back and the tree are acualy the same light, but maby if I change it to a directional... I will see how I can work on it. I really just want to render it in max, but am having so many problems with the reatrace engin and Win2K that I can't... Thanks!!! I'll repost when work on your recomendations. -Gabe-

Gabe, I like the atmosphere and the thought. The elbow that she is leaning on looks almost like 2 elbows with that lighting, and there is no cast shadow on the bark of the tree, so it doesn't look like it is touching. Her fingers might be darker, too, less distracting. The orange lens flare in the tree just to the left of her head is distracting, also. The horizon line is not level. Added to the line of the tie across her back, it is a bit unsettling. I'd fix the horizon first of all, since you want this to be a peaceful image, then touch up anything else which distracts from it. Carolly

"The tree she is leaning on was made in Max with my own textures and alot of Headachs" well, it was well worth it!

It is in work now should be up by tonight. -Gabe-

Stunning render. So few people have command of realistic lighting in their renders. Also a very life-like pose. Well done.

Thank you all for the coment's and recomendations, I have been having problems with my system and am in the prosses of getting them fixed, I will post the improved image ASAP. -Gabe-