fire by midnight by jefsview

Poser • Illustration • posted on Jan 16, 2010

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Description

Still playing with the new lighting features in Poser 8. Once again, the IDL version didn't turn out as well as I had hoped (guess I'm still doing something wrong), and so this is just using Inverse Square falloff in 3 point lights for the fire, and an HDRI and specular. I also used bagginsbill's VSS ball. Postworked to smooth some details, adjust a bit of color and add the smoke/haze. Tent, rucksack and scout shirts/shorts by Poserworld; walkabout shoes by IanC.,socks from pdxjims Vittorio Highlander, converted via Wardrobe Wizard and D3D's Morphing Clothes, hair by Neftis, figures: 1 M4, 1 Hiro, 1 David. Background is Woodland Playset from DAZ. Substituted the campfire flame with one from Jepe's Flames. This is the last of the nostalgia scenes for a little while. Many thanks to all who commented on my last few renders. Look for a few more horror/fantasy and hero images soon.

Comments (13)

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njb2000

3:34PM | Sat, 16 January 2010

Great scene Love the fire loghting!

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Zaarin

3:52PM | Sat, 16 January 2010

The fire looks very nice. :)

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Half-Baked

4:47PM | Sat, 16 January 2010

Excellent and well done with the fire and lighting!

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tstray1

6:02PM | Sat, 16 January 2010

Love the lighting, really has campfire quality!!! Great render!!

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ZanderXL

4:57AM | Sun, 17 January 2010

Great lighting. Nicely done.

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ragouc

7:40AM | Sun, 17 January 2010

Very good light and scene.

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kobaltkween

2:00PM | Sun, 17 January 2010

you did a lot with very little in this scene. so much is implied. the lighting is really great. it would be better if it were a little less uniform. some Christmases ago, i double checked my expectations about fires, and looked at my parent's living room with just the fireplace for lighting. i could see at least 3 different shadows. they didn't photograph well, though. and the light was mostly red, but the fire wasn't nearly as bright as this one. that's just a minor technical issue. as always, your poses are natural, your narrative clear, and your lighting is dramatic. i'm honestly surprised you don't have more views and comments. this is pure gold.

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jefsview

2:27PM | Sun, 17 January 2010

Except for the HDRI, all of the other lights have shadows applied. Perhaps my distance settings on the (point/fire)lights were a bit too modest, but I didn't want it illuminating the backdrop. Thanks to all for the comments and ratings. As far as cobaltdream's "i'm honestly surprised you don't have more views and comments. this is pure gold." Thanks, but you know the reason as well as I: it's not fantasy/scifi, and doesn't have naked people in it, so the views, hits are low. All of my "real world" images have low ratings unless I murder someone in them :) I thought about throwing a sasquatch in the background, but kept it simple. This is actually a slight re-creation of an old BSA uniform advertisement I bought off of ebay once. Just a nice touch of Americana. Thanks again for the comments.

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