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Zwavelaar — Another Day In Paradise
Published: 2014-07-07 17:09:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 2432; Favourites: 87; Downloads: 0
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Posed in Daz and rendered in Octane. Postwork in Photoshop.Related content
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My pleasure my friend
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Love all your work, this is another great one.
I'm still new to Octane, and I find the DOF effect pretty drastic. Yet here you seem to have the DOF not kicking in until far distance... and the close foreground is still pretty in focus. What camera settings did you use to achieve that effect? From what I've read it seems like the idea is to set auto-focus off, focal distance as high as possible (2000), and f/stop to 22.
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Thanks for your kind words! And you're right, the DOF effect in Octane can be pretty drastic. Sometimes this is okay, but I wanted this image as claustrophobic as can be. So I set the f/stop to the max (22) and added the right focus in photoshop. That way it is much more controllable.
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This is really neat! Reminds me of a place I've once been. Great overall scene & a great capture on chaos.
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Thank you very much! Now I'm curious where this place was...
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I would load this piece back into Photoshop and adjust it using Photshop's Curves function. That would allow you to preserve the colors and contrast while brightening the scene up. Right now, on my monitor at least, it is very much like a muddy version of a Rembrandt painting. Rembrandt was focused on using light to highlight the most dramatic features in a scene, but this piece is woefully short of having highlights at all. At best it has warm spots that only hint at what might be present in the picture. Also, I would touch up the Poser dolls or get rid of them altogether. As they are now, they do not actually fit into the picture all that well. They are mostly notable for their phoniness. Everything else in the scene is almost as realistic as a photograph. You do have the makings of a great picture here, but it needs a little more work to be great.
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Thanks for your honest and well written critique. As a newbie in this '3D universe' I have an awful lot to learn. So, your feedback is highly appreciated
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You are most welcome and hang in there, you are on the right track.
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Yeah, that would be an awesome idea! Maybe one of my projects in the future Thanks for your feedback!
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Really amazing use of Stone Mason's great products. So much going on I love discovering things as I look it over. Impressive!
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Thanks a lot! And yes, Stonemason is the best!
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Very amazing work, stunning details and strong impact on the observer!! Impressive
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Thanks lot for your kind words!
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Great looking scene! I shudder to think about the amount of rendering time.
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Thanks! I think the rendertime was less than 5 hours...
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I see you got yourself some new software
I thought you were more into fantasy, but this proves me wrong. The camera angle is great for the scene and with the lighting you get a very intense depressing look for the image. The arm looking out of the car is a very nice detail. The only thing that looks a bit odd to me is the headlight of the crushed car. The mesh seems squeezed. I got the model too, but I'm not quite sure, if it's normal. I'll take a look at the model, when I have some spare time
But nevertheless, a very good image!
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