Snow at sunset

davidh · 9 Nov 2011, 13:06

Its getting to that time of the year again,time to start the snowscapes.
oops...image attached and a second with foreground trees

srx · 9 Nov 2011, 14:18

Very nice! Both the architecture and presentation.

pbacot · 9 Nov 2011, 15:45

Very niceonce again. Your images are state of the art.

As you mentioned it in another thread, what's the story here? In the first setting I noticed the prominence of the wall in the view and I wonder why. In the second with the foreground trees, I feel like I am lurking in the woods. The people who live there are calling the cops.

Love that mountain.

Bob James · 9 Nov 2011, 18:29

Nice photos. Are you going to do a model of these scenes?

What renderer do you use? Vue?

davidh · 9 Nov 2011, 18:51

A version with a frozen pond and a fotbridge,to try and bring more light into the scene.
Bob,I use maxwell normally but add all entourage such as trees and backgrounds in photoshop.

Bob James · 9 Nov 2011, 20:34

Beautifully done..

tadema · 9 Nov 2011, 22:57

David, I just love your style they just keep getting better
John

davidh · 11 Nov 2011, 12:51

2 more snow images based on an old model.The first is a bright winters day,the second is a night shot and has a more christmas card look to it.The light in the second image is not exactly right so I will probably revisit this one.

davidh · 12 Nov 2011, 11:44

An icy pond.Ive really gone for an almost "blown-out" effect with the lighting,in order to try and suggest a very bright,stark day.

davidh · 12 Nov 2011, 18:43

A revised night shot.I brightened the sky and altered the snow colour so it is more in keeping with the sky colour.I also added additional foreground at the bottom as I think the original image was cropped too close to the building.

leedeetee · 12 Nov 2011, 22:25

Absolutely beautiful.

marked001 · 13 Nov 2011, 00:42

these are really really beautiful.. love the versions with the water and the reflections. would love to see how many different bits and pieces these are made up of.. matte paintings always intrigue me.

turbobrad · 13 Nov 2011, 07:46

Beautiful, beautiful stuff. Your work is incredible. Although I'm a huge fan of snow and winterscapes I've never tried a scene with snow in it. I'm not sure if that's fear or a lack of skill.

leedeetee · 13 Nov 2011, 09:34

Just looking at "Icy Pond" - I would definitely have that on my wall.

cadmunkey · 13 Nov 2011, 12:11

David, these are easily the best renders I have seen in all the time I have been a member of these forums. Your style and composition of your images are top notch. Just superb!

davidh · 13 Nov 2011, 13:13

Thanks a lot for all the positive feedback,Its always good to get.
Here Ive attached a snow storm version of this house.The colours are particularly muted and a slight blue cast added to the overall image.The falling snow was created using this technique :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWuGCA84XQk

marked001 · 13 Nov 2011, 17:22

very nice again.. i've used that snow technique as well.. really simple and effective.

ScottPara · 14 Nov 2011, 12:32

Fantastic Work!!

Scott

Fletch · 14 Nov 2011, 22:20

First class work, David!

davidh · 15 Nov 2011, 15:40

Ive overlayed some lights on the last image and just played around with the colours.Its a bit murky but i like the effect of the snow blowing in the lights.