Water Hole by RaysOfLight
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Description
this was an experiment of epic proportions (in terms of render time)
i was playing around with ecosystems and ended up with this. initially i rendered at 1024 x 768 with Ultra settings, just to see how it looked. it took just over 3 hours. then, for the heck of it i thought i'd render at 1280 x 1024 with Global Illumination enabled.
it finished just now, after 40 hours of rendering. the only difference i can see is that the GI version is darker. the water looks much better with GI as well, but i don't know if 40 hours for better-looking water are, in fact, better than 3 hours of rendering and another 37 of further experimentation :p
*edit* unfortunately i can't compress the full-size render enough to be less than 512kb without completely messing the image up, so i've had to scale it down :(
Comments (31)
Calseeor
This is a beautiful scene. The layout is gorgeous. The water does indeed look sweet. really good scene, bro.
Vertecles
Gorgeous scene..I love it.
FREAKYALV
SO REALISTIC! YOU SHOULD PUT SOME SMALL FROGS, AND MAYBE A DRAGON FLY! BEAUTIFUL MAN!
Mondwin
Realistic and marvellous image!!bravo!V:DDD
cannonn
very excellent work, i feel very important thing !!!!.
anassasi
Excelente trabajo
EA
Good idea,light and ecosystem. Just a little remark : It's must be better with aquatic plants under water. But perhaps it's a puddle after rain...
Rokol
It turned out well. Very nice render!!!
RaysOfLight
WOW! it's been a long time since i had a response like this to an image i created. huge confidence boost :D EA, the original plan was to not have the plants in the water at all. when i hit the render button though i didn't know how to do that with ecosystems and now i'm not willing to wait another 40 hours for it, so it'll stay like that hehe Frogs & dragonfly are an interesting idea, but i'd only ever do it by super-imposing them. rendertime is too loooooong :(
kiddd7
Excellent!! Very realistic, and your light work is really well done! Keep on the great work!
conquestos
Great work.
wabe
Damned good, damned good. I agree what you said about the differences and Photoshop corrections. Sometimes it is MUCH MORE effective to do things in Photoshop. But again, a wonderful balanced image you did!
raffyraffy
Very beautiful example of microsystem. Bravo V!
jtt
Really well done,Wonderful.
nicokorn
Great work! Maybe underwater should be different plants, but this is ok. Very excellent!
Esme
Wow.. The water looks amazing. I even see ripples in the water because of how the plants in the water are positioned. There is the right amount of depth and dirt there. Is that pretty pink and orange flowers I see blossoming through the picture? Keep up the good work! And 40+ hours rendering ;)
jmherve
number one !!
Shardz
This is truly stunning in detail, and I am amazed at the level of elements you included to create such a natural and realistic looking environment! Everything is just perfect and really show the power of Vue Infinite wonderfully! Superb artwork!
FrenchKiss
This is really stunning! Love the details here and the lighting is amazing!
dburdick
Nice work. You don't have to waitfor another 40 hours however. Turn the quality slider on the atmosphere lighting tab down to -1.0 and render using final or superior. It should take less than an hour this way.
ABCHALOM
Tr beau travail, tr rliste !!
Dotthy
I agree with FrenchKiss an excellent work!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lingrif
Very realistic. The lighting is excellent as well as the vegetation
bruno021
Tnis is really execellent, and I do think GI contributes a lot to the realism of outdoor scenes. Try lower settings maybe next time, you can go down to -1, in the quality settings of your GI, in the atmosphere tab, without losing quality, and you'll save render time.
Traligill
love the detail and the water is fantastic, excellent work
zxcvb
Wondeful image, the lighting and water looks amazing, well worth the wait, well done:-)
Bonsaisu
This is what I wish my back yard looked like. It is so beautiful and very real looking. Wonderful job.
Lyne
Just utterly incredible!!!!!!!
anshumangarg
Holey cow !! i dont think ive seen u do soooo good ever mate. Keep it up !!
dreamlight
Excellent render! Love the light and the whole composition. Nice water and i love the reflection! Superb textures...