The apartment with paintings

[Rich O Brien]

I want to put one of these in our gallery....

Have you a preference? Or will I put them all up?

They are amazing

[massimo]

@unknownuser said:

Would you mind showing the raw renders?

Here you go. I saved them as EXR.

@unknownuser said:

how many passes and how long did the rendering take?

Around 100 I don't remember exactly how many. The original size was 1500x1043 px. They took quite long time (overnight, around 9-10 hrs), but probably I could have stop them before. Also I have an old i7 with only 6 Gb of ram.

Thank you very much Rich. Pick the one you prefer. I trust your taste.

[Rich O Brien]

http://sketchucation.com/community/gallery/66-the-apartment-with-paintings

[massimo]

Thanks.

[jarynzlesa]

just amazing renders

[Frederik]

These are SO incredible amazing...

You're a true master, massimo...

[tinanne]

These are really incredible. Absolutely beautiful work.

[allanx]

Those renders are fantastic Massimo...Great job.

allanx

[massimo]

Thanks again everyone.

[pilou]

Panini in reduction!

[Carloh]

i thought there was much more postproduction in these...makes it even more amazing

[jpalm32]

Wow! Just wow!

[massimo]

Thanks.

@carloh said:

i thought there was much more postproduction in these...

Well I'm not interested in heavy post production. I mean you can do whatever you want with a computer. I prefer to have some "rules", something like you were in a real darkroom.

[chedda]

Great job, is the picture frame geometry ?

[Box]

People strive to produce photo realism but they forget that photos, on the whole, are just a sterile representation of what is in front of the camera.
A great photo is like a work of art, it goes beyond photo realism and captures the essence of a scene, giving it a soul and a back story and often asking more questions than it answers. It invites the viewer into its reality, it gives you a memory rather than a picture.

What a delight it's been to sit in the wintery sunlight with a mug of coffee, listening to the muted stillness of a day fresh with new fallen snow while contemplating the art surrounding me.

[massimo]

@box said:

and often asking more questions than it answers

Yeah, totally agree. As Luigi Ghirri wrote "Photography is less a cognitive process, in the traditional sense of the term, or assertive, or that offers answers, but it remains a language for asking questions about the world".

@chedda said:

is the picture frame geometry ?

Yes I put some mouldings downloaded from here , if i remember well, on a frame model.

[dale]

I am always appreciative of your posted work, as you have such a sense of composition and drama, supplemented with the absolute perfect lighting.
Please keep up the great work, and keep posting it for us to enjoy and learn.

[Carloh]

@massimo said:

Well I'm not interested in heavy post production. I mean you can do whatever you want with a computer. I prefer to have some "rules", something like you were in a real darkroom.

that's a good statement...my postproduction is usually limited to adjusting contrast and brightness. with a nice render setup like yours there's not much to do in postpro

[massimo]

Thank you Dale.

[leedeetee]

Absolutely stunning. Wow.