HDR Iray Skies for scene in the ocean, all the HDR Environments that i see have land

scummgrog

Hi, I'm trying to create a marine scene, so I've set out to test HDR backgrounds with Iray to get this effect of blue sky with clouds and lighting.

The main problem I see in all the HDRI Environment Maps is that they always apply a land or mountains between the sky and the model, so I can not create a scene in which my model seems to be in the sea completely because it always has ground below .

Example for this problem

I want create a complete ocean with sky, removing this ground, what could be the best way for that with realistic results?

Examples

 

Sven Dullah

Look for agent unawares over at deviant art, he has a number of great quality HDRIs that could work for you.

...an example:

JonnyRay

Here are some suggestions from here at the Daz store. I own all of these and have used some of each set. All provide quality results and are just skies without any land.

Dimension Theory's Skies of iRadiance series
High Sky HDRI Bundle for Iray  includes the following:

• Sunny Sky HDRIs for Iray 
• Sunset HDRIs for Iray 
• Night Sky HDRIs for Iray 

Sedor's Iray Skies

• 10 Skies for Use with Iray 
• 10 Skies for use with Iray 2 

Sven Dullah

JonnyRay said:

Here are some suggestions from here at the Daz store. I own all of these and have used some of each set. All provide quality results and are just skies without any land.

Dimension Theory's Skies of iRadiance series
High Sky HDRI Bundle for Iray  includes the following:

• Sunny Sky HDRIs for Iray 
• Sunset HDRIs for Iray 
• Night Sky HDRIs for Iray 

Sedor's Iray Skies

• 10 Skies for Use with Iray 
• 10 Skies for use with Iray 2 

Tks, good to know! Are they .hdr?

scummgrog

Thanks to both of you! I will try this and I will try to create water separately
I hope this thread works for the next one that is in a similar case

JonnyRay

Sven Dullah said:

JonnyRay said:

Here are some suggestions from here at the Daz store. I own all of these and have used some of each set. All provide quality results and are just skies without any land.

Dimension Theory's Skies of iRadiance series
High Sky HDRI Bundle for Iray  includes the following:

• Sunny Sky HDRIs for Iray 
• Sunset HDRIs for Iray 
• Night Sky HDRIs for Iray 

Sedor's Iray Skies

• 10 Skies for Use with Iray 
• 10 Skies for use with Iray 2 

Tks, good to know! Are they .hdr?

Yes. Both vendors provide .hdr files.

Sven Dullah

JonnyRay said:

Sven Dullah said:

JonnyRay said:

Here are some suggestions from here at the Daz store. I own all of these and have used some of each set. All provide quality results and are just skies without any land.

Dimension Theory's Skies of iRadiance series
High Sky HDRI Bundle for Iray  includes the following:

• Sunny Sky HDRIs for Iray 
• Sunset HDRIs for Iray 
• Night Sky HDRIs for Iray 

Sedor's Iray Skies

• 10 Skies for Use with Iray 
• 10 Skies for use with Iray 2 

Tks, good to know! Are they .hdr?

Yes. Both vendors provide .hdr files.

Tks