Here is my best render so far… I am still a noob, I dont know how to make pics realistic, i dont understand radiosity, and I dont know how to make a normal looking sun… but i hope you enjoy it.
Show off your favorite piece of lighting
Mandeologul
#183
What do you mean by shaders? 
do you mean shadows? or what? and do you know any tutorials about it?
rajasanthi
#184
i mean the materials u are using to define the objects…1st understand the natural world and light…lighting is almost done by material definations and texturing…explore on them …my advice is take a real photograph and make the same thing in 3d then match it exactly to the level best…all the best.
amyarulzzz
#185
Hi, guyz…
Here is my render of Jet Engine.
Lighting is done in V-ray.
Used HDRI image for reflections.
Feel free to critique or compliments.
Thanks.
Cre8
#187
Hi there,
These are few frames from an animated short called “Hooked” for which i did the lighting,shading,rendering and 80% of the overall shots’s compositing.
I had alot of fun trying to come up with an underwater look that will also fit our render budget, the challenge was healthy!
I use Lightwave 3d 9.6 , Fusion 6 and Photoshop.
Cheers guys!
tubepthuyanh
#188
Nice piece Troy.
Other than the mug, everything looks very “used” and re-cleaned. I like that
I’m so happy this thread is still going, despite now being a little embarrassed by the ancient pieces I posted to kick it off. 
RasoulValli
#189
Hi all!
this is my last test-render on a scene modeled by myself in Maya. And I am trying hard to make it a nice job to get an award from any good galleries such as cgs or 3d total.
Rendering process was done by mental ray and post pro by Photoshop.
I strongly need your nice words to critique on me and show me my problems. thank you very much.
Here is the render before post procssing:
And after post pro by Photoshop(adding some brightness, contrast and grains):
And here’s my only reference to model and render this scene:
InfernalDarkness
#191
reduce refln on floor .
I assume you meant, “Try to reduce the reflection on the floor.” But I must disagree entirely. If you look at the reference photo, it’s actually MORE reflective, quite a bit more. On the left, you can clearly see the details of the sliding shoji doors in the floor’s reflection of them, for example.
@RasoulValli: I think you’ve done a great job here! Not precisely like your reference, but in some ways it’s even better. And at a glance, I find your postworked render to be as near photorealistic as your reference, really! Good work, keep it up.
marcelladk
#192
Hi,
this is my very first modell, made nealry 1,5 years ago, i just refreshed it with a new lightning, it is also my first “serious” lightning work. I am not completely satisfied with it but iam intrested in your oppinoions. I would like to get more details in the reflection, the highlights are very strong fron vray lights, but the reflection of the hdri seems lost.
whatever here it is: video on youtube
awaiting for your critics
shalomtruman
#194
Hi … I would like to have some feedback on my render. I am learning lighting and would like some guidance on what is wrong in the render and how I can fix it . … Plz help me … Thank you …
jeb
#195
That image is really cool, the mood is just fantastic, only thing i would add to it is some volumes passing through the trees and maybe some floor fog. other than that i really dig it.
shalomtruman
#196
hey man … thanx for the feedback … I will look in to that … thanks alot … cheers …
Sowiedu
#197
Hey,
I’m a student and this is my first attempt at cinematic lighting, enjoy!
I consider it final, but I always like critics!
edit: Made for the CG Lighting Challenge #16.
I did the lighting/Rendering/compositing, and some minor modeling.
scadstudent
#198
which is cg? This is a match to live project I did in school. Any critique would be appreciated. The full breakdown is in my reel: website listed below.
zartan
#200
Hi all, Im used some old stuff for studies if mentalray for Live Action, follow some studies I hope you like it.
