Rainy Day at the Pond by bigbraader
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Description
Haven't been around so much lately, been busy doing other things. Good to be back!
I made this a while ago, but wasn't sure that I liked it. Looking at it again, I thought it was OK :)
I've tried to get the effect of a rainy day, without actually showing the rain (with a texture effect on cylinders surrounding the scene etc.), for two reasons: First, it's only when the rain is quite heavy that you can actually see the falling drops, lighter rain just produces a misty atmosphere, and second, the rain textures don't look good, they just ruin the picture. At least I can't make a good one, and I've never seen convincing examples in the work of others.
Instead, I've made a "raindrop" bump texture (Photoshop) for the water, and if you think about it, that's often what you do if you wan't to know if it is raining: You look at the puddles for ripples!
Toolbox: Vue 5 Infinite, Onyxtree, G3D "Twig" & "Grass" and Photoshop for minor postwork.
House by "zippy" and wooden hut by "svenart" - thanks a lot.
All plants modeled & textured by me.
Rendered in about 8 hrs., "Broadcast" with Global Illumination.
Thanks for viewing and for any comments you may leave. As always they are very much appreciated.
Have a nice day
- Lars
Comments (44)
midge170
This looks fantastic, Inspirational work. Midge
Darthmagus
Beautiful plants and mood!
juca
Perfect rendering!!
craftycurate
Looks great - the misty greyness is just right for a rainy day. Raindrop ripples on pond great too. I know what you mean about raindrop streaks not looking great, but I wonder if maybe a hint of rain streaks might add something (as in the Sample scene).
DanB-Creations
Really nicely done. It's a very great work!
Terreinconnue
Superb work, POV and mood !!!
BLUESTONE
well done!
capelito
Fantastic!!! It looks like a photo! Wonderful and excellent work.
TECHNISTRATIONS
Really brings back childhood memories! Well Done!!
evielouise
well thats a great idea using bump I think it looks fantastic and yes it's raining out there !
Umbetro38
This is more than perfect - outstanding fine details - perfect atmo for this one - and however - your excellent plants give all your works the perfect realistic touch - Have a nice weekend
jgmart
Really like this! - Great atmosphere and plants in the foreground.
dlk30341
Oustanding work! The misty atmos turned out perfectly.
A_
oh that's great! love the snails. :) really feels like a rainy day.
lingrif
Beautiful work. You've certainly captured that rainy day feeling.The water effect is great!
Domi48
Magnifique image, Lars, bravo.The mood is perfect and details extraordinary. A poetic image.
dburdick
Simply superb - you absolutely nailed that dreary, rainy effect on this
Alex_NIKO
Really nice work here! Bravo!!!
mdunakin
Hey, you know you have snails in your garden there? LOL I think it looks really great, so I'm glad you posted this :) The atmsophere looks really right for the scene too, it sells the scene actually. .................md :)
FrenchKiss
Absolutely stunning. i love the plants, the water texture and the misty mood!
bruno021
Wonderful mood,atmo a greens. The water looks excellent. A few drops of water on the foreground leaves would've made it absolutely perfect. But I'm just being picky. 5+++ anyway!
IQ200
Fantastic composition, vegetations and atmo. Excellent work!!!
bigbraader
Thanks for your comments so far - I really appreciate them. For "for bruno021": You're right about the waterdrops. One of the first things I did for experiments setting up this one, was to see how a "drop object" (metablob with a water texture) would behave as an ecosystem on the leaves. I couldn't get satisfying results. Unless I made them very/unrealisticly large they looked more like render artifacts than drops. So I decided to - errh - DROP that detail :).
stormchaser
This is superb! I'm one of those people who loves the rain, this picture is brilliant, great atmosphere. Top work!
danway
Beautiful pic!
jif3d
I think you have captured the rainy day atmosphere perfectly, nice depth and composition as well ! ~Cheers~ :o)
Krid
perfect realistic scene
Thelby
For all your effort this came out very nicely and the foliage is great, too!!!!
Stardust_Crossing
I thought it was a photo at the first glance. Great realism and very well detailed!
ultim8
Beautiful, Realistic image! I like the little touches, The ripples and the Snails! top Work! :-)