* * Look To The Sky * * by PhilW
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Description
"Look to the sky
Holding on to yesterday's goodbyes
Embrace the past, with a forward motion
No fear of looking back"
- Lyric from "Evergreen" by Heather Findlay/Mostly Autumn (which if you don't know it you should go out and buy immediately!).
This is quite a special image for me, as it the first I have done using my very own HDRI image as he illunimation map! I have used my own images before for image based lighting, but always just a standard image, which often needs extra lights to stop it looking too flat. The HDRI image for this was done as a result of a great tutotial by Colin Smith here on Renderosity:
http://www.renderosity.com/news.php?viewStory=13927
Thanks Colin - with the resulting image - just taken quickly in my garden - I was able to produce the image for this test. The setup in Vue couldn't be simpler, just the imported Poser file and the image based lighting - no other lights or objects, not even any ground!
While this could probably have been achieved with other available HDRI files, this opens up another avenue for creativity - I'm very grateful!
Thanks for looking - I hope you enjoy the image even if you don't care how it was made! Phil
Comments (21)
RocksLady
Again a mad Render that me again inspires! The conversion is simply beautiful!!! ...,5++++ greeting Rocksy
RetroDevil
gorgeous work, love the render style
maughloque
Great effect. I like this a lot Chris -- makes me want to work with HDRI
Thelby
Fabulous Lighting alright and the poser gal is Gorgeous!!!
-renapd-
Oh.. who doesn't love bright sunny days! :)
joaq
Fantastic render, great sky for this wonderful character!Bravo!
shvrdavid
I love the effect here... Her expression is perfect for the scene and the title...
servo
Very nicely chosen expression, and interesting lighting
Aral3D
Really nice portrait and light!
jwiest
Looks incredible. I'll check out the tut, but without Vue, not sure it'll matter. LOL
ontar1
Gorgeous portrait and scene, excellent work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fidelity2
Excellent. 5+.
photoshopcafe
The lighting came out fantastic :)
Irish
So gorgeous ~ love her expression!
PsychoNaut
Nice warm light! Hot model helps too!
Platin
A wonderful daylight - good settings and scene!!
FrenchKiss
this is a lovely character and I like your hdri image. Well done!
RBlue
Wow! This one's very good! Great character expression and superb render qualities! First rate all the way!
Schnuck
Very well done!!!
Rainbowgirl
You can be proud of this light!
matrix03
very realistic looking image! 5+++