Lighting Challenge #17: Natural History

[destijlart]

Thanks for the comments and suggestions Jeremy.

[vime]

Thanks for feedback and comments. I am really to have create new material for dinoz like porcelain, some other materials now i will see need to refine, just as light sources.
in USA new Apple products create of porcelain? =) in Russia this Apple products not yet selling =)
sorry for my english

[visua]

Second shot wip:

http://www.nicz.net/shot02.jpg

[JCBug]

Lolofedo, I know you !...
You're a French guy using Cinema 4D, like me. ;-)
Great job, It's wonderful !

[lolofedo]

:love: Hello JC, thank you, nice to see you again ;-)

Hey George too !! coucou :wavey:
Thank's Jeremy for the return, i'll do my best :arteest:

[BlenderFan]

Thanks for your suggestions, Jeremy. I worked on lighting the set.

This rendered in 3 minutes 27 seconds on my Quad Core Q6700 2.66GHz. I used Blender's internal renderer and compositor. The textures were prepped in Photoshop. I got the skymap here (http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=24038). Those maps are wonderful and worth looking into no matter what software you use.

Everyone is doing wonderfully. I can't wait to see what the next challenge is.

As always, feel free to give your opinion on my image.

Have a nice day.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3235/3142978934_1a2fe85992_o.jpg

[reygerali]

Hi guys, Let me try to join this challenge since I am on leave this week. I hope I could do more... Any comments are highly appreciated for the improvements thanks a lot :)

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w218/reygerali/Renders/NaturalHistory_081228-1.jpg

[rmejia]

Hello

Found this thread yesterday and thought it was a nice scene to light up. Had some trouble with the scale of the file and some flipped normals, so the textures are not looking too good. Nicely modeled scene though, and the dinosaurs are great :applause:Anyhow worked on this until max crashed. It was interesting, and I am looking forward to the next challenge to spend more time in it :)

Software used:
3ds Max 2009 x64
V-Ray 1.5
Photoshop (for a slight contrast adjustment, dirt pass mix and a mild light glow)

Only source of illumination is the VRaySun & Sky, except in the last image that there is a light behind the camera.

http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/93640/forums/Final.jpg
A couple of variations and different angles:
Image 0 (http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/93640/forums/fog1.jpg)
Image 1 (http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/93640/forums/1c.jpg)
Image 2 (http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/93640/forums/2c.jpg)
Image 3 (http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/93640/forums/3a.jpg)
Image 4 (http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/93640/forums/4a.jpg)

[Aurelalto]

Thanks for the comments Jeremy ! :)
This is my new updates.........

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/2690/86645476uy8.jpg
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5315/85099596re0.jpg
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/5408/34982304ml3.jpg
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/2812/doftestup5.jpg

Good hollydays !

[jeremybirn]

reygerali - In general, in places where you can see the sun, the area of the sky around the sun is also the brightest part of the sky. Even in a scene that's just lit through windows, you expect the fill light from the sky to be much brighter in the general direction of the sunbeam, and less fill light in the opposite direction. Some of you sunbeams, especially the one on the lower right side, look like orphans, without the bright fill light around them. The soft fill light from the sky seems too concentrated near the windows, and should extend more onto the right wall of the set (but less on the left wall.) The dinosaurs could use a little more fill light from the top.

BlenderFan - I don't see much (any?) lighting on the set, except for a very dull blue glow. Try to get variety into the set, such as light coming from a particular light source or direction.

visua - Nice work. The floor looks very flat and uniformly lit. The walls could probably also use a little darker occlusion and less fill light in places.

MnietekPi - Welcome! That's a nice scene! I think the dino should have a different shader from the stand, maybe with less displacement. The glass could use a little more reflection or highlights to make it visible.

SahaneNik - Welcome! I don't really see the occlusion working. I think the occlusion pass needs a bigger max distance. Make sure your ambient pass and all your bounce lights are multiplied by the occlusion pass. The bounce light is pretty good, you need some bounce light on the base of the columns in the lower left, just above the sunbeam on the lower left floor. Is the light from your sunbeam casting a shadow of the geometry? It almost looks as if it isn't in some places. The dinosaurs themselves could get a little more light, especially from above.

wasimattar - Nice. The t-rex is showing up pretty well now. The other dino needs some light on it. The walls, especially the walls on the right, are looking a little flat, and could use more shadowing or occlusion between the columns and in the cracks.

-jeremy

[KayPoprawe]

Hi there.
Again i saw this Challenge to late. So i had not the complete timeframe for the challenge. I started my stuff on Saturday. And this is my latest "Work in Progress". Lighting, Texturing is still in progress and is changing every hour. This is just the Beauty Pass at the moment. Little bit colortweak in Photoshop. Hope u like it so far. And Iam still try to find a better camera angle that makes me more happy. comments and feedback are welcome.

http://www.kaypoprawe.com/chillout_products/20081229_Challenge17_wip_05.jpg

[wasimattar]

Thanks for your suggestion Jeremy!!!
This is the new setup of my lights...
I will add the sky next
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/wasimattar/MuseumDay2.jpg

[ScallyFox]

MnietekPi, (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=358513)nice render and colors! maybe too much glow, for my taste:) (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=358513)

visua, (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=142184)reygerali, (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=233007)rmejia - yours are wonderful, I like the mood and colors very much! (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=169221)
Every entry becames better and better.

It's a pity that I'm missing this challenge.. looking forward for the next one.

Jeremy, thank you for the work that you are doing for us.

[steelmonkey44]

Thanks again for the comments Jeremy.

I agree, the lower teeth were blending into the background and needed to read better. They are a different material than the skeleton body. I wanted them to read differently than the main skeleton material, so they would stand out on the underside of the mouth. I played with it a little, just to make the lower teeth stand out a little more from the background.

Thanks again for all the input. This challenge has been fun. I'm looking forward to the next one.

[Steel GER]

Hi.

First off all thx a lot for the nice model. Its great to practice with such a great scene.
Here is my first result

http://www.3d-reality.de/Projekte/Contest/museum_small.jpg


Rendered with Kray
Resolution: 1600x1200
Render Time: 25 minutes (dual quadcore)

Greetings from Germany
Steel

[BlenderFan]

This is my final submission. It has been a wonderful experience participating in this challenge. I have learned a lot. I eagerly await the next challenge, whatever it may be.


Have a nice day.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3230/3147840570_b30b7884a4_o.jpg

[Nelly68]

Hi all,

thx for your comments Jeremy. Next Steps so far. The Textures are WIP the lights too ;)
time is running so fast :(

http://i549.photobucket.com/albums/ii368/micsart_2008/02_first_render.jpg (http://i549.photobucket.com/albums/ii368/micsart_2008/02_first_render.jpg)

[Nehak]

Thanks a lot Jeremy for and everyone else for the comments. Here is an update...

[/url][url="http://imageshack.us"]http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/9955/nhfinal03fr0.jpg (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?p=5585477#post5585477)


Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year :)

[ajju4i]

Hi everyone..
Please do comment on my work... I worked on a wide angle and ended up on closeup. This is not the final...its still in progress.

www.ajayvfx.com (http://www.ajayvfx.com)

[f3rd5]

Thanks a lot Jeremy for your critique. Here's the scene with all the changes as you have suggested...I changed the camera perspective and narrowed the angle of the lens to minimize barrel distortion...this is sort a compromise to achieve the closest possible position the camera can get to the dinosaurs and at the same time retaining as much of the foreground elements within the scene.

http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq113/tangnanyo_lahat/museum_comp_ferdz_v02.jpg

[destijlart]

Hi again here is my work update i change some textures and added some highlights thanks again for the comments and suggestions and Happy New Year to all!.

3dmax, Vray for beauty pass, MR for ambient occlusion, Volume light pass scanline, PS for post production, Render time 6h 48 min. on my Dell m1730 laptop 4gb ram. final output 1250x1500 pixel.
C&S are still welcome.
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/9747/naturalhistoryfinalxm5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Kunotaku]

Hi everyone.

Thanks Jeremy for your comment.

I just turned on the shadows for the FillLight & changed a litle intensity of other Lights




http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr243/Vizar/NatHistSend.jpg

[lolofedo]

My last render :


I want to thanks : Tazintosh for the idea of "underwater" and Cimneth for the rendering.

http://laurent.fedorenko.free.fr//Lightingchallenge17/Lightchall17Final3v2.jpg

Cinema 4D 10.6, Vray, AR, Ivy generator, Photoshop

[ahkiat]

Thanks for your comments, Jeremy.

This is my latest render.

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii97/ahkiat1980/Comp5_0001.jpg

[wasimattar]

Hi this is my final render but any C&C are welcome


http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/wasimattar/MuseumDayFinal.jpg

[zero08]

Hi Jeremy and everyone,

This is my final entry, I did couple of tweaks but i wasnt able to do much. Because i went home for christmas and new year. Your critiques are still important so please feel free. All the entries are amazing! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to All! :)

http://i377.photobucket.com/albums/oo213/zero08_photo/Museum_Final_C0000.jpg

[KayPoprawe]

Lighting Update.... all infos in the picture. i wish everyone a happy new year. cheers. :) new updates hopefully next year. :)

http://www.kaypoprawe.com/chillout_products/20081231_wip_natural_history_18.jpg

[visua]

ScallyFox: Much Oblige! ;)

This could be my final entry for this shot, my intention is at least one more
angle, with some luck maybe two ;)

http://www.nicz.net/skarp01.jpg

[reygerali]

Guyz i've been busy this week spending time to my family and preparing for the 2009 New Year. But still trying myself to amend some feedbacks on my entry, thank you so much jeremybirn (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=29616) for it really helps develop my craft. ScallyFox (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=140078) so glad you like my render. Happy 2009 New Year to everyone and more challenge to come.

Heres my updated entry:

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w218/reygerali/Renders/reygerali_NaturalHistory_Challenge.jpg

[jeremybirn]

reygerali - Nice job! Judging from the sunbeam direction, it seems as if the light from the sky should be brighter on the right than the left, maybe that could be switched and there could be more contrast in the set as a whole. The people work pretty well, but look like they need a little retouching, especially with the matte line around the photographer guy. The glass around the displays could use more reflections or highlights or refraction, near the center there's a vertical line (near the woman's purse and door reflection) that doesn't look very glass-like yet.

visua - Nice job! I wonder if there could be more sunlight on the t-rex? The set looks a little too uniform in places. Look at the corner behind the t-rex's nose: the two walls are facing different directions, but the color and tone stays the same, with very little definition and no real occlusion that I can see. Some of the spot

KayPoprawe - Great work! That's a terrific scene. The t-rex himself looks good and well defined, and the glowing green sign thing makes a nice center of interest. If you're doing another pass, the glass around the t-rex display is a little thin-looking (some reflections or refraction might help there), and a little specular kick or something might help make the dino on the left read better and look less matte-finished.

zero08 - Great work! Congratulations! If you want feedback, the reflections on the floor don't always seem to match the brightness of what's being reflected. It seems as if this might be a trace-depth issue, with a raytraced shadow not having a high enough ray depth to appear in reflections.

wasimattar - Looks good! Maybe the dino on the left could read better if he had more shaping, but the t-rex is well defined. I like the composition of the right one.

ahkiat - Looks good! I wonder if you could get more clear lighting on the dinosaurs?

lolofedo - Great job!

Kunotaku - Looking good! I wonder if you could get more light on the left dino's head, coming from above?

destijlart - Great job!

f3rd5 - That's awsome! BTW, I'd like to clarify my previous comment about "barrel distortion" - barrel distortion is a kind of curvature (so straight lines in the model would appear curved in the image) that often accompanies wide-angle lenses. You don't get it in computer graphics (except with specially programmed lens shaders, or faking it by warping the image in a compositing program.) When you had an image with a very wide field of view, but no barrel distortion so all the straight lines remained straight, I was mentioning that you could simulate some barrel distortion (add fake lens warping) to make the wide-angle shot more realistic. I don't think your new rendering needs this, I just wanted to explain my thinking better.

ajju4i - Try for something between those two: dim blue light on the set, blue light hitting the top of the dino, warm light on the bottom of the dino...

Nehak - Nice image! I assume the anti-aliasing is set to low quality because it's still a test. The reflections on the floor don't seem to reflect all of the light in the scene, only some of it, if that's possible. The glass around the t-rex needs a few more highlights or something to become visible. You might add some top-down fill light on the t-rex as well, to make sure he's lit by the light from the skylight.

Nelly68 - Nice start! I think the dinos could use a little more top-down light to help define their shape. The back wall looks more blue than the other walls, it's hard to tell if that's the light color or if there are different colored bricks there, but I think color continuity between the walls could tie it together better.

BlenderFan - Nice job! We've seen your work get better and better.

Steel GER - Welcome! Good start, keep going!

steelmonkey44 - Nice job, nice perspective!

ScallyFox - See you soon, then!

-jeremy

[infectedbo]

Hello everybody !
I think this is my final , because i really do not have more time to do this more...
Anyway , thanks for challenge , it was very interesting and good practice !
Thanks for Jeremy for his comments and Happy new year to everybody !
http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/3994/naturalhistory3dmax1po5.th.jpg (http://img78.imageshack.us/my.php?image=naturalhistory3dmax1po5.jpg)

[visua]

Jeremy: Thank you for your as usual great advice, but what about the spots? ;)
"Some of the spot "

[destijlart]

Thanks Jeremy! here's my final entry good luck to each and every one we all did a great job...

3dmax2009, Vray sp2, Mental Ray for Ambient Occlusion pass, Scanline render for Volume light pass, PS

[/url][url="http://imageshack.us"]http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/7285/naturalhistory01finalzi7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[shivahegde]

Hi, Jermy this is my first upload imge .............. plz check it



http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/3662/nhistorycz5.jpg

[ahkiat]

Jeremy, Thanks for your advices. This is my latest render, I tried to put more lights for dino

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii97/ahkiat1980/Comp6_0001.jpg

[wasimattar]

Hi this is my final submission for the challenge HAPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE
It was fun working on this challenge eagerly waiting for the next one.......
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk28/wasimattar/MuseumDayFinal-1.jpg

[shivanand]

Hi Jermy,this is my first entry in cg talk...pls chk it..


http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/3792/nhistoryoq8.jpg

[tempus]

Hi all, im really late, but let's see how far I can go.
I started to work two days ago, so i alrready have some images to show the progres.

This is the first aproximation, i was looking for a good camera angle.
2min 44sec, mental ray, FG, phisical sun and sky / Maya 2009

http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp27/andriusgabriunas/Render1-2m44scopia.jpg

I tweak the camera a the light direction a little and start to using some mentalray plane shaders, i tryed with more FG rays to get a better aproximation
15m 21s

http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp27/andriusgabriunas/Render2-15m21scopia.jpg

I started to place some area lights with portal light nodes and also rotate the dinos a little bit. the render time increase a lot because of the portal lights.
6h 28 min

http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp27/andriusgabriunas/Render3-6h28mcopia.jpg

The same as last one, but even more area lights/portal lights and more render time
9hours 16min (I let the render all night so I abuse a little on quality settings :D )

http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp27/andriusgabriunas/Render4-9h16mcopia.jpg

I finally placed all the portal lights i need (48) and applyed some textures as well as tweaked the FG and light shape settings to get better render times without loosing to much quality.
6hours 41 min - FG only

http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp27/andriusgabriunas/Render5-6h41mcopia.jpg

I appreciate any C&C.

[Nelly68]

Hi Jeremy hi all,

This is my final entry, thank you for you comments Jeremy it really helps.
Your critiques are still important so please feel free.Because i saw this challange to late, time was to short. I hope the next challange will come soon.

Lg.

Michael
http://i549.photobucket.com/albums/ii368/micsart_2008/09natural_history_final_mt.jpg

[wellsichris]

Some really great images everyone, Here's some that I've been working on done in Lightwave and comped in Fusion. the Night shot render time was around 8min30secs. the Day shot render time was around 11min30secs. Native Lightwave render. 1280X800.

Cheers,
Chris

www.chriswellsfx.com/demo/cwmsmday.jpg
www.chriswellsfx.com/demo/cwmsmnight.jpg

[casagan]

Hi, Happy new year to everyone. This is my last version for this challenge. It is made with blender. I have used its internal renderer and compositor, for the DOF and lens distortion effects. There is also a bit of grain in the image. The lighting itself is basically AO with spot lights. Texturing and shading are very simple UV mapping and some procedurals for the skeleton of the dino. I hope you like it.

Casagan.

http://features.cgsociety.org/newgallerycrits/g92/39292/39292_1230989173_large.jpg

[KayPoprawe]

Thx u for your comments Jeremy. Here is my final version for this competition. Iam pretty sure i will rework a bit the scene after the competition, to get the final result i want. But for know i pretty happy with the result and the 4-5 Days of work.

http://www.kaypoprawe.com/chillout_products/20090103_wip_natural_history_28.jpg

thanks for all and this nice competition, cant wait for the next one.

cheers,
K.

[visua]

This is my final version for this shot, imho it got some more definition
in areas that lacked some shadowing before.

I'm starting to get pretty tired with these big ugly lizards ;)

http://www.nicz.net/natural02Final.jpg

[JBrant]

Here's my final (?) image. Rendered in Max w/ Vray and composited in Photoshop. Comments and critiques are welcome and appreciated. Enjoy.

http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/9027/post2kr0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/post2kr0.jpg/1/w1500.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img60/post2kr0.jpg/1/)

[jeremybirn]

JBrant - Nice image! That woman looks really evil, like she's commanding the t-rex. The stripes of light on the stairs don't seem to be shadowing correctly, as if the stairs themselves don't cast a shadow.

visua - Great job! The dinos and the architecture are looking good. The glass is looking good in the display case. The glass around the dinos is lacking definition in some areas, could use some highlights and reflections. I wonder if the amount of light in some of those right alcoves could be brought down to half as much, to let the sunlit areas really look a lot brighter, and to help avoid the abrupt transition from lit to black in the corner above the right dino's head. There are no spots

KayPoprawe - Nice job! Stylized, but effective.

casagan - Great job! The dino reads well, good dark-on-dark definition. I'd be tempted to put some more lighting on the t-rex's lower jaw and teeth, just to keep it defined in the center. Maybe the parts of the architecture that are lit from below in the upper frame look a bit like the light isn't shadowing from the set as it should, and that could use more directional shadows and better contact with the vertical surfaces. Really nice work on the texture of the dino, too!

wellsichris - Nice job! The day scene is great, I just wish more of the sun and sky light hit the dinos. For the night scene, it would be better if the blue light travelled farther into the set to mix with the warm light, and there were more contrast defining the dinos.

Nelly68 - Looks good! The color balance of light on the dinos doesn't really look like the colors of light surrounding them. Maybe some of the red on the set is too intense, too. I think the dinos could use a little more light and definintion, even if the color isn't as blue/purple.

tempus - Welcome! That's a good start. I think by the 2nd to last one you're off to a good start on the set lighting. Texturing it killed some of the blue shading, I hope you can get that back. Try to make the columns on the left (closest to camera) darker for some contrast, and do some lighting work on the dinosaurs so they read clearly.

shivanande - Welcome! Strong start on the texturing, and I like the look of straight-forward ligthing on the dinosaurs. The set seems to have some lights that aren't casting shadows, which really hurts it. The glass and floor could use some reflections.

wasimattar - nice job. The dino on the right looks good, the one of the left is a little muddy. The red carpet is a nice addition to the scene.

ahkiat - Nice job.

destijlart - Great work!

infectedbo - Nice job! The back window area is the best part. I like the color mixing there. Around the two doors, I wish the blue light bled in more softly and lit more of the floor and area around the doors. The right dino is subtly lit but reads well, the dino on the left could use a little kick of extra light on his head.

-jeremy

PS - Reminder: this challenge ends January 5. Then the next one will start at the end of the week.

[ajju4i]

Hello everyone,
My name is Ajay working as teamlead in Pixelloid Hyderabad INDIA.

I used Maya, Fusion and Lightroom.
Render time - 2 hours @ 1600X1200

I have used DOF to make the dragon standout.

Thanks to this opportunity as this will improve my lighting profile. From now on i will participate in all the lighting challanges posted by 3Drender.com

Please do comment on my work so i can improve myself.
Regards
Ajay
www.ajayvfx.com (http://www.ajayvfx.com/)

Final Composite . . . . . . . . . Fullres picture go to this link http://www.ajayvfx.com/LightingMuseum.html (http://www.ajayvfx.com/LightingMuseum.html)
http://www.ajayvfx.com/images/middle/LightingMuseum.jpg


Layers
http://www.ajayvfx.com/images/middle/LightingMuseumLayer.jpg

http://www.ajayvfx.com/images/middle/LightingMuseumFogLayer.jpg

http://www.ajayvfx.com/images/middle/2207313787_6791fca71e_b.jpg

[reygerali]

Hi jeremybirn (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=29616),
Thanks a lot for the feedback. Don't have so much time, but here is my final entry. Thanks everyone that i have the chance to join this challenge. :beer:
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w218/reygerali/Renders/reygerali_NaturalHistory_080104.jpg

[chithradr]

http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/rr311/chithradr/museum.jpg
Hi jeremy,
This is my first post. I've done it in Maya software. Please give your opinion.....

[sampad]

Hi, this is my first post here....
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff105/sampad_84/Museamcopy.jpg

[Shordy]

here is the link to my final image

Museum Shordy (http://www.cg-creatives.de/files/museum_shordy.jpg)

[Kunotaku]

Hi everyone.

Thanks again Jeremy for your comments

This is my last render, I added specular map to dinos & incresed a litle the Light for the 1st Dino.



http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr243/Vizar/NatHist05.jpg

[tuqueque]

Ok, here is my final.

Rendered in Blender using an in development feature called Lightcuts to get some GI. I was also very careful to get correct Exposure concepts. This is a very "manual" thing to set in Blender, but if done correctly, everything looks quite nice.

The main idea was also to emulate the look of an anamorphic camera.

Rendertime: 43H with an Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4Ghz O.C.ed @3.0Ghz

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/7121/final0002dg3.jpg

[JBrant]

Thanks a lot for the feedback, Jeremy. It's appreciated. And thanks again to Alvaro Luna Bautista and Joel Andersdon. Great models, guys.

[casagan]

Hi again. Hopefully. this one is the final version. Thanks for your comments Jeremy, I have tried to fix the face illumination. I think this one looks better than the previous. I hope you like it.

Casagan.

http://features.cgsociety.org/newgallerycrits/g92/39292/39292_1231096895_large.jpg

[visua]

Second shot:

http://www.nicz.net/shot02final.jpg

[visua]

And the third and last one:

http://www.nicz.net/shot03final.jpg

[Nelly68]

Hi all,

thanks for your comments Jeremy. I agree with them but for the moment its not time enought ;)
After all this is my last Final for this challenge. Is was fun, thanks

Lg.

Michael

Software: Cinema 4D 11.0 Internal Renderer. Normal Lights and Ambient Occlusion
Rendertime: 23 min

http://i549.photobucket.com/albums/ii368/micsart_2008/09natural_history_final_mt-1.jpg

[earwax]

Hello,
I hope I got this in before the deadline. So I didn't do any textures or maps or anything, just lights and a few material tweaks, all in blender. I wrote out 32 bits/channel so I could tweak the gamma, but basically that's all I did after the render. I would love to get any comments/criticisms as I'm really new to this. Thanks!


http://i553.photobucket.com/albums/jj399/earwaxmonster/final.jpg

[tempus]

Thanks for the feedback Jeremy, I still would like to fix some detalis, but time is up so here are my finals (sun light/moon light).
The full res image is 1920*1080, but looks like the image host has some limit, so if somebody can tell me where can I upload the full res image would be nice:shrug:


http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp27/andriusgabriunas/FinalComposite12H54m.jpg
Render time 12H54M

http://i394.photobucket.com/albums/pp27/andriusgabriunas/FinalMoonLight6h44min.jpg
Render time 6H44M

Modeling By Alvaro Luna & Joel Anderson (thanks guys)
Lighting, shading & Texturing by Andrius Gabriunas
Maya, Mental ray (FG only), Photoshop, intel core quad Q6600

[artmaknev]

really, really cool challenge!
lots of great renderings, I wish I saw this couple of weeks before.
I am sure to participate in the next one!

[benjaminbattais]

HI,
This is my render,
for info : Max 2009 Vray 1.5.16
VRaySun, VRayIES and VRaySky for lights
Rendered on my Q6600 6Go Ram
Render time less than 45 minutes
And a litle of Photoshop




http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo303/benjaminbattais/museum_rnd01.jpg

http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo303/benjaminbattais/museum_rnd01.jpg
file:///C:/Users/benjamin/Pictures/3D/concours%20light/imge/museum_rnd%2001.jpg

[jczet4]

Well, here is my entry, i still have some hours to finish details but asuming the i wont have the time ill prefer to post what i have, i saw the contest yesterday so i think i did my best.

i worked over the the image in photoshop to ad ambient occlusion layer and add some contrast, rendered in mental ray using 3dsmax, only light source came from sunlight... hope you guys like it, ill try to finish any detail like wood and glasses from the exposition

http://i362.photobucket.com/albums/oo62/jczet4/th_20S.jpg[/URL]

Modeling By Alvaro Luna & Joel Anderson
Lighting, shading & Texturing by Julio Cesar Poleo D.

I really enjoyed this contest, hope ill star soon the next one jaja, good luck to all

[bboycafard]

cinema 4d 10 :5 spot and 1 omni and Ambient Occlusion.+photoshop.rendertimes 1h32min.http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq344/bboycafard/fgfg.jpg

[dcbeatty]

Used Cinema 4D, version 10.1. No GI, AO set to a low accuracy, experimented with sub- polygon displacement on the closer areas of the stone walls and some of the dino bone- that slowed down my render time to around two hours.

Thanks for the challenge and thoughts.

[visua]

Shot 01 with somewhat better defined glass, now I'm done for sure ;)

http://www.nicz.net/shotOneFinal.jpg

[vgabex]

Hi!

My final version:
http://pndp.hu/transfer/3d/Challange_17_Natural_History_Museum_vgabex_FINAL.jpg

Lightwave 9.3 + Kray OB8
Q6600 @ 3gHz, 8Gb RAM, Vista 64
Render time: ~1h10m

Setup: GI dome, Sun, some luminous balls to lighten up the side corridors, 1 big aera light behind the Trex.
Kray render: Photon mapping, Skyportals at the windows
Separate render passes for volumetric and mosaic windows (native lw renders)

[jczet4]

well... took me 45 min in mental ray and 3dsmax using only sunlight with final gather and global ilumination, composite with Ambient oclussion later over photoshop, i hope i still have an hour ti finish details, hope you guys like it.

http://i362.photobucket.com/albums/oo62/jczet4/20S.jpg

[AnthonyC]

Hi All,

Here's my last entry, this was a very fun challenge and I look forward to the next one! Congrats everyone! Happy New Year!

http://www.3d-mg.com/flash/worx/Lighting/AnthonyC_LightingChallenge17_entry.jpg

[Eastwood]

My colleague did Anthony Cortez did much of the texturing here, based on some photos I took - luckily I happened to be in London early in December and swung by the Museum with my camera....


http://www.3d-mg.com/flash/worx/lighting/RJSNatHistV01.jpg

[jczet4]

Final image, hope you guys like it

http://i362.photobucket.com/albums/oo62/jczet4/21S.jpg

[AaronLyy]

Hey guys, this is my first post here, I just realised that the deadline was today, I was very busy so I was unable to post this earlier. This scene nearly crashed on my computer because I did'nt had a powerhouse.

Did this with only spotlights, 3 minutes to render. Maya 2008. Took about a day to do everything, so I can't say this is very refined.

Edit: Woops sorry I uploaded the wrong link... just fixed it :D


http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/7914/aaronleowyw1.jpg

[texere]

My Final Render
http://www.huandacareo.net/cpg1419/albums/userpics/10001/Museo2_0000FSmall.jpg
Modeling By Alvaro Luna & Joel Anderson Thank You all.
Lighting, shading by Texere
3ds Max, Vray, Photoshop, intel core 2, 1 hr render.

[dpendzich]

Hey Everyone, this is my final rendered image. I'm still not 100% satisfied with the results, but I feel that I did the best I could with the time that I had.

Lighting Artist: Daniel Pendich
Software Used: Maya 2008
Rendered Using: Mental Ray + Final Gathering
Render Time: Approximately 3 Hours

http://fc83.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/006/b/f/Natural_History_II_by_Daniel_Pendzich.jpg

[punytjoshi]

Here are some minor improvements in the work .
Will be looking for C&C
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o168/modelerpunit/noir.jpg

[jeremybirn]

punytjoshi - Interesting image. Some of the textures need work, looks like too deep a bump map in places, and some of the geometry appears to be floating, but you do get the idea across.

dpendzich - Nice job! I don't know what the white thing is at the far end of the windows, it looks bright enough that there could be more light from there onto the rest of the scene. The dinos look a little flat and plastic.

texere - Good job. Maybe all the seams in the glass don't need that bright a highlight. Some more shaping on the dino would help, especially if the third of his head were brighter than the bottom of the chin. There could be more soft illumination coming from the same direction as those sunbeams, too.

Eastwood - Really good! I recognize some of those signs from things on the museum's website, makes it look authentic.

AnthonyC - Nice job! Shame about that seam on the back staircase.

jczet4 - Good job. If the sunbeams were that bright, I'd expect more spill around them and bounce from them, though.

vgabex - Beautiful image in places. Those people don't look realistic. Most of the architecture looks good, except it's a bit flat in places. Look at the area straight above the hip of the t-rex. You look through the archway, and the walls and ceiling you see all have very similar tones, that doesn't seem as well defined as it could be, especially if the side hallway has differently colored windows. Nice textures on the ceiling.

visua - Nice job! On the last one, that area above the head of the right dino seems to go very quickly into blackness, which stands-out in a set that's otherwise mostly fairly uniform in tone. Some areas, like the edges of the sunbeams, looks really realistic. Your image in post 556 is excellent. The next one looks kindof washed-out and lacking in contrast and interest to me.

dcbeatty - Good job overall. The view through the window doesn't look like a convincing perspective match, especially with the verticals of the buildings not matching the vertical lines in the set. Double-check that all your lights are casting shadows well. The dinos look as if they might not be casting shadows in the lights that illuminate them, which is strange because I see an extremely dark shadow of the t-rex on the wall.

bboycafard - Welcome! That's an interesting image!

benjaminbattais - Welcome! That's a nice scene. It looks a little washed-out to me, I wish the foreground got a little darker, so only the more distant parts lost contrast. The composition seems to use the lower half of the image for empty floor, maybe it could be framed more tightly around an area of interest?

tempus - I think imageshack.us lets you post high-res images. So does flickr.com A lot of surfaces look very flat-shaded in your images, it's better to have variety, gradients, occlusion, something other than large areas with the same tone.

earwax - Welcome! That's a good start.

Nelly68 - Nice job!

casagan - Nice job! I think the composition and lighting leads people to focus too much on the upper part of the frame. Maybe darkening down the upper part of the set, and also tilting the camera down a bit, could make a stronger image. You might even use a more wide-screen aspect ratio to capture the dino, with a little more space in front of his head, and get rid of the top part.

tuqueque - Very nice job! But, BUT, 43 HOURS to render that??? That's insane. If images were taking that long, I'd re-think my approaches so that I could turn-around changes and tests a little faster.

Kunotaku - Nice job!

Shordy - Nice job! Those people pop-out from the scene with their higher contrast, but overall it's a great scene.

sampad - Welcome! That's a good start.

chithradr - Nice job!

reygerali - Nice job!

ajju4i - Nice job!

-jeremy

[jeremybirn]

This has been a terrific thread!

A gallery is on-line of selected entries:

http://www.3drender.com/challenges/Natural_History/index.html

Congratulations!

-jeremy