Underwater I by Doublecrash

Bryce • Sea/Undersea • posted on Jan 02, 2003

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Hi and Happy New Year to everyone! This is my first real underwater pic with Bryce. I don't think it's original, but... :-) Credits: Free models dloaded from 3DCafe (octopus, amphors, fugu fish, anchor); aquatic plants are freebies from www.3dplants.com; standard Angelfish from Poser4 with mapping changed on 5 of the 6 individuals; plus, I tweaked headcheese materials (found in Renderosity FS section) for the terrains. All other textures by me. Tech Details: Composed and rendered in Bryce5, postwork in Photoshop to adjust colors and reduce brightness, over 42hrs rendering with AA Normal and Volumetric World turned on medium-high quality (for those interested about the settings, see my posting "Comparing three different Bryce renders" in this same gallery). Ok, that's all. Hope you enjoy it. As usual, any comment and/or criticism is more than welcome.

Comments (32)

garyandcatherine

6:43PM | Thu, 02 January 2003

Man oh man, how do you do it? Chalk this up as another wonderful render to add to your collection that the rest of us could only dream to make.

alvinylaya

7:24PM | Thu, 02 January 2003

Wow. I'm really glad to see you exploring possibilities in Bryce. This one is very successful.

BlueArdor

8:37PM | Thu, 02 January 2003

A+++ Very beautiful scene!

shadowdragonlord

8:51PM | Thu, 02 January 2003

I like it a lot! Great lighting effects, impressive texturing as well! Keep them coming!

kennyliu

10:20PM | Thu, 02 January 2003

Awesome! You did a excellent job at your first underwater scene.

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online_art

11:13PM | Thu, 02 January 2003

The best underwater render I have seen on here. Love your work!

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Amon

2:52AM | Fri, 03 January 2003

You make it look so easy. What a great pict. :)

Ralf_h

7:44AM | Fri, 03 January 2003

best underwater scene yet with bryce..excellent!!!

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Longrider

8:38AM | Fri, 03 January 2003

A beautiful uw scene.

Calanthe

8:55AM | Fri, 03 January 2003

It's almost as you're there. A magnificent render!

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danob

12:10PM | Fri, 03 January 2003

Superbly done my friend!! I have managed to do the odd thing that looks underwater but nothing as good as this!

alenia

3:22PM | Fri, 03 January 2003

it really is a magnificent image.At every further glance I see more and more details!

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lemonjim

5:35PM | Fri, 03 January 2003

thanks, very interesting - volumetric and yet still colorful. i had an 8-day render (called "bazaar") with similar findings, that is to say i did not like what happened to my colors. in the book "real world bryce 4" they suggest using gels on a radial light to "fake" caustics. anything for a more reasonable render time, eh? good stuff.

linkinpark

4:19AM | Sat, 04 January 2003

Wow,this is so wonderful...Im really amazed,I love the volumetric light!!!So beautiful image.

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kaes

10:56PM | Sat, 04 January 2003

It's so difficult to do underwater scenes...you managed very well. Karin :-)

V1xxy

1:38PM | Sun, 05 January 2003

Wow! Beautiful scene! Awesome work, Doublecrash! It looks very realistic!

grenogs

4:57PM | Sun, 05 January 2003

WOW!!, very nice

man_from_dodge

9:32PM | Sun, 05 January 2003

Can only think of one word....WOW! mfd

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gsb

2:49PM | Mon, 06 January 2003

Very beautiful work, friend. Like the light-effects on the ground! Go on!!!

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Doublecrash

6:17AM | Thu, 09 January 2003

Thanx so much for all your kind comments, wow! __ @lemonjim: Jim, in fact these are faked caustics, with a gel applied on three very big spotlights placed over the water volumetric slab, I don't know if they have improved the rendertime, but you're absolutely right: anything for gaining some precious hours! :)

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tresamie

11:47AM | Thu, 09 January 2003

This is a beautiful underwater scene. Bryce amazes me. I have used Terragen a bit, and it's nice (free :P) but this is stunning.

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Infra5

4:57AM | Sat, 11 January 2003

Smiles I knew this one would do good in the bryce section .This is a very good pic!!!

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orbital

5:09PM | Wed, 15 January 2003

THOSE LIGHT RAYS ARE SO TRUE AND REALISTIC, GOOD JOB MY FRIEND.

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oliveramberg

3:08AM | Thu, 23 January 2003

Original or not; I love this image a lot. Great mood, colour and lights!

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Bambam131

11:42PM | Sat, 25 January 2003

I just don't know how long I'll be able to hold my breath. This image is Excellent! It really gives you a sense of being underwater. The colors and the way the light refracts give the entire piece a quite realistic edge to it. Wonderful my friend!!! ;-)

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