Bullocks

marked001

agreed with everyone..probably the best so far.. that background image really sells it..

agree with edvinus, would be cool if that far building was a bit hazier..

awesome as usual.

mojtabata2001

great
render engine?

tadema

Thanks Bob, always great to hear from you.
Hello Edvinas, sorry I did not understand your meaning until markrd001 explained, now a little blur added.
Hello Daniel, totally missed the "paving", I guess sometimes we don't see what we are looking at. Now changed thank you.
Thanks Jason, only able to blur it a little.
John
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This made me laugh!

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Stinkie

Nice.

Daniel

So, John, how is Windsor Castle coming along?

simon le bon

reeeally nice

It's each time a pleasure to come and watch

What is your position to give or not and how much thickness to the roofs ?

The stones wall texture is really great! and We are not shocked by the repeat.
The roof textures are simply wonderful!

I appreciate your pleasure to draw in the details like the individuals cap stones of the garden wall , the double hung windows, the garage doors...

I love the discrete render of the reflects into the glass windows..

May be a subtle Sketchup fog would give a better deepness effect ? I'm not sure

+++simon

boofredlay

Great!

leedeetee

John, as ever, WOW!

Is that hill in the background from the Yorkshire Dales?

tadema

Thanks everyone.
Mojtabo, I'm using V-ray.
Tom, I used ambient occlusion as you suggested but I still need to look into it more. It's still giving a white cast from the PNG and I'm having to select colour range and delete the white! but it looks better.
Daniel, I'm still looking but there's very little plan wise.
Simon, the roof has next to no thickness (75mm) as these are only cubes with no detail on the backs to represent the buildings. Much more fun to do than spending 5-7 days on the larger buildings.
Eric, thanks.
Lee, yes I searched Yorkshire Dales on flickr and this was one of the first image. No flies on you!
John

Stinkie

@tadema said:

Tom, I used ambient occlusion as you suggested but I still need to look into it more.

I didn't suggest you'd use it -the image I was referring to looked odd to me, so I wondered if you might've used too much AO. Then -I am hardly an expert.

In any case,if you're interested in using ambient occlusion, this vid -if you've not seen it already- might be helpful:

edenux

markrd001 was right. But i wanted to tell you this: http://maggiefieldsdesign.blogspot.com/2011/03/illusion-of-space-by-atmospheric.html
maybe not so much, but a little atmosphere feeling

holmes1977

YOUR BEST RENDER in my opinion. FLIPPIN brill

hellnbak

You manage to up the factor with each post. Beautiful!

Krisidious

you really gotta stop taking pictures and trying to pass them off as renders... it's insulting to my highly trained eye.

andybot

Really well done, perfectly composed, textured, lit. Looks incredibly real!

tadema

Thank you everyone.
Tom, I should have said you "mentioned" AO, sorry. I've watched all those clips on Youtube, he's very good. That's where I got the settings for this render. I need to concentrate more on rendering as I don't seem to be able to produce anything consistent, mine always have a "cartoonie" look to them.
Edvinas, thanks for the link I understand now. I did the opposite and saturated the background!
thanks
John