Okay guys the case is this: I haven't ever asked wip-opinions but now I'm currently working on with something I really want to be as perfect as possible:) I have a feeling that this could be the One Image I have been trying to create all this time when using bryce:) Finally a piece of art that I'm totally satisfied of myself:) I don't know yet for sure but I feel very positive:) So... it's almost ready, this render is taken from 87% ready with no AA yet... still has been rendering it all night like some 15 hours:P Any suggestions how to improve it.. there's still time for some? The lighting causes me most trouble.. it's so heavy with those trees and so... hard to test how it would be best. There's one main light above all, and then one volume spotlight with light ray-gel to create those rays. I'm cutting the empty space from the right side off when it's rendered. Thanks for opinions:) -Antti

Looks great so far.

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this is looking really good,if you make the blue of your sky a little darker or perhaps put a hint of purple in it, the light rays world show up even better, also i would consider ading a bit more vegetation around the big palm, maybe some more fallen leaves or something, the big expanse of brown takes my eyes away a little, keep going, this is gonna be a winner!

I'd say you need more haze in the background to match that in the trees.

It looks fantastic. Question though: what's that in the background on the right? A waterfall? It's kinda green....

What I would suggest would be stuff.. dead things: branches, leaves, twigs, near the base of the trees, between the trees.

Looks great,...........very lush.

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THanks for your comments.. just what i needed. At this point I usually don't have any patience to finish my works properly.. so this really helps:) to Death: it doesn't belong to picture anymore. I'll cut it off when its ready. And if wondering what is it... there are cubes on both sides and one above the sky also so the sky won't be seen and the jungle looks thick and green:) If you want to see the water.. here's that test render 100%

Looking good!

Very nice jungly feel; the lighting is great and the dirty swampy water is really excellent. Composition is good too, it's got an air of expectation. I'd be inclined the put a palm-trunk up really near the camera on the right-hand side and wrap a snake round it (if you have Poser) to give an idea of the mysteries and dangers waiting for the guy when he paddles in (it would blot out that unwanted bit, too). However it's your image, not mine... ;-) 
Finish it, it deserves it.

I like the pale green colour framing the trees on the right but I feel you need a more defined image there.More indistinct tree shapes perhaps.

heh I guess i can't explain it well:D The pale green backgroung cube there in the right is just what we'll see in this working environment. After the final render I'll cut that few useless cm off. judyk: yes.. i think i'll place something to lower right and very front... adds more depth and so:)

If that's supposed to be ocean water behind the guy, the trick will be to get the water to change color from that of the river part...  Probably nothing that plop render and compositing with the first render in a 2D program can't handle.

Other than that, looks cool. I like it.

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I wouldn't cut off all of the right side, leave tiny spots of the lighter color.

I like Pauls water idea too, though if it were me, I'd do it in post rather than plop or spray rendering.

Either way....Great Piece of work!

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I would fill the space on the right (that you intend to remove) with maybe another tree real close. Or you could put some other trees with different leave shapes/textures, then place the trunks under the ground (or cut them of using booleans) to give the impression of bushes etc. Also maybe put a radiant light just behind the camera, set it to intensity of 1 or 2 and no falloff, with maybe a real dark green colour (experiment here). This will illuminate the dark shadow areas just slightly and reveal some detail.
Excellent work so far!

Thanks.. valuable opinions... how you guys do the rendering.. I mean what kind of setting you usually use? I'm poor at adjusting optimized render settings:( This little monster will take like 5h with normal render, res. 1300x800... 1 day with superfine (4rays), res. bit bigger...

looking very promising!

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Case closed!:) Thanks for all!!!! -Antti-