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BRYCE RENDER CHALLENGE ►►►Late Summer Edition◄◄◄ Theme is ­ἶἶἶἶἶἶἶἶἶἶ TREES ἶἶἶἶἶἶἶἶἶἶ

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  • GussNemoGussNemo Posts: 1,855
    edited December 1969

    @Horo: Thank you very much. I used a stacked terrain from a Weathered Dike fractal, used the coal material in Pro Materials, and tweaked it until I had two different looks. One for the trees and one for the terrain. I chose two additional materials which worked well with the coal material.

    @Art: Read through your last post, again, and realized you're also a poet.

  • HoroHoro Posts: 10,643
    edited July 2014

    Here's my third entry. All Bryce except the HDRI from Inside I made a few days ago. No lenses. I had several iterations, the first one with a white disk that looked like the full moon and hence I added stars - and the name.

    Title: Moon Tree
    Products: none.

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  • JamahoneyJamahoney Posts: 1,791
    edited December 1969

    Liking the works submitted so far...and love that MoonTree idea, Horo.

    I'm still stuck...you know the way it is - so many ideas, none work in the end...sigh.

    Jay

  • mtnmenmtnmen Posts: 444
    edited December 1969

    This is my first entry in this challenge...
    Title: California Oranges

    As we leave the Central California San Joaquin Valley on our way home

    in the Sierra Nevada mountains, we pass by a beautiful orange farm at

    the base of the gentle foothills. Many international tourists on their way

    to Sequoia Kings Canyon Parks, pull over to the side of the highway to

    photograph this picturesque farm.

    This challenge took me into the Instancing Lab where I had never been

    before... It was not without the help of the tutorial by Rashad Carter and

    another by Kine_magiK... that I came out alive... Many crashes when I

    tried to instance so many actual trees... So I rendered an image of one

    orange tree and created a 2d picture obj for instancing the trees...

    which worked a lot better. The orange tree was actually 2 of the same

    Bryce tree (I can't remember what type of tree it was) with one rotated

    on the Y axis to make what I thought an orange tree shape should be.

    The oranges were just spheres multireplicated and fit within the tree

    branches.
    Steve

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  • GussNemoGussNemo Posts: 1,855
    edited December 1969

    @Horo: That's a very unique scene.

    @Steve: Lovely scene. Great work with the trees.

  • JamahoneyJamahoney Posts: 1,791
    edited December 1969

    Threw a few trees into an old Bryce work (can’t remember - think it was done using boosted IBLfrom one of David’s tuts.,), and the end product came out as a silhouette when Premium option was turned off (though the Premium when on was taking way too long, its effect was quite nice, too).

    Put in a girl image as a terrain at the last minute, just to give it some connection of us to trees.

    First entry:
    Title: Like trees we are

    Jay

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  • HoroHoro Posts: 10,643
    edited July 2014

    @Steve - that's a very nice render. The oranges - have you put them as instances on the tree? They look great.

    @Jamie - yup, unique. I've been a bit in the circle mood for this challenge, it appears.

    @Jay - a very nice idea, I like it.

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  • HansmarHansmar Posts: 2,932
    edited December 1969

    GussNemo said:


    @hansmar: Many a time I feel like you do about submitting an entry, so many beautiful entries against my slightly nice looking ones. Yet each time I enter an image, whether it wins anything or not, I have learned something which I can apply to the next one. It's nice to be awarded prizes for these type contests, but I wonder if it isn't nicer to learn something during the construction process.

    Thanks for these wise words. I needed that. You are quite right; it is not about winning, but about learning. Unfortunately I sometimes find learning is too slow for me, if I see all those great works. However, I am still working on a tree (just one), maybe for the contest. Still very far from the picture!
    And your new render of fire not being the end is very good. Something different!

    @TheSavage64: a true fairytale!

    @yellow Pen: Nice little landscape and very good tree!

    @Horo: Very original work! Very nice light and dark contrasts in your render.

  • GussNemoGussNemo Posts: 1,855
    edited December 1969

    @Jay: Neat scene, sort of a shadows of shadows.

  • Lord GanthorLord Ganthor Posts: 592
    edited December 1969

    After doing my minimalist first attempt I though I'd try something a little more "dense".
    There's been some wonderful renders here by everyone and I'm glad I'm not in the "hot seat" for this one.

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  • mtnmenmtnmen Posts: 444
    edited December 1969

    @Timothybateman Really like The Lonely Bonsai... It really is like a photograph with the DOF effect..

    @Horo Thank you .. I at first did instance the oranges... but I at that time tried to instance the tree with oranges and well... you know... so I multi-replicated them and I made a render of the single tree with oranges for making the 2d objs that I instanced.

    @GussNemo I really like Lone Sentinel.. the ground texture makes it look as if it were the lone surviver of a lava flow..

    @Jaymahoney very nice like trees we are.... it's almost eerie to me...very cool

    @Lord Ganthor a very nice scene... I really love the exposed roots on those trees and the misty light in the distance.

    Okay time to get busy on my second entry ... I have an idea that's taking me into Hexagon as a first stop...
    Looking forward to seeing more of the same great art that seems to fill these challenges... Yay!
    Steve

  • GussNemoGussNemo Posts: 1,855
    edited December 1969

    @Lord Ganthor: Really nice scene of a dense, well established forest.

    @mtnmen: Thank you.

  • HoroHoro Posts: 10,643
    edited December 1969

    @Lord Ganthor - that's a very nice scene. Perhaps some light rays through the trees?

    @Steve - thanks for your reply. Good idea, great result.

  • JamahoneyJamahoney Posts: 1,791
    edited July 2014

    Cheers, Horo, Guss and Mtmmen...for the feedback.

    Nice1, Lord Ganthor....very 'still and quite' wood scene - can hear the rustling of leaves. Too many trees in a work are very hard to pull off, take control of, however, I think you've nailed it here.

    Jay

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  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    edited July 2014

    Entering Lothlorien

    Apart from the centre tree these are all Bryce trees. (about 30 of them)

    2 versions, not sure which I prefer

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  • JamahoneyJamahoney Posts: 1,791
    edited December 1969

    N1, Chohole....I was going with image one initially, then changed to image two, but on close-up it eventually was one that clinched it (don't know why as both are really great).

    Jay

  • mtnmenmtnmen Posts: 444
    edited December 1969

    @Chohole.... I agree with Jay... number one has a more magical feeling about it as the glow comes into the foreground... Very nice
    Steve

  • srieschsriesch Posts: 4,241
    edited December 1969

    Thirded. I like the first image better out of the two.

  • Lord GanthorLord Ganthor Posts: 592
    edited December 1969

    Pam: The first one. I "feel" this one more than the second one

    Horo: @Lord Ganthor - that’s a very nice scene. Perhaps some light rays through the trees?

    I tried that and just wasn't happy with the results as it almost seemed "forced" or "faked", which is funny considering that the whole thing is really a cheat, being in that it's not real! I may go back and give it a second shot sometime and see if I can satisfy myself....probably not.

    Nice1, Lord Ganthor....very ‘still and quite’ wood scene - can hear the rustling of leaves. Too many trees in a work are very hard to pull off, take control of, however, I think you’ve nailed it here.

    Jay

    Thanks. My goal was to try and make it like the woods I wandered in my youth, near the Great Smoky Mountains. I got sort of close with it.

  • HoroHoro Posts: 10,643
    edited December 1969

    @Pam - both are very nice but I prefer the first one because it has a more dreamy and golden atmosphere/mood.

  • Tim82Tim82 Posts: 859
    edited December 1969

    so many awesome renders!!! ...great work everyone :)

  • TemairTemair Posts: 89
    edited December 1969

    Well after a bit of persuasion from Lord Ganthor and a bit of help from David Brinnen thank you :) have decided to enter my render,
    All the componants come from Bryce including the pro materials for the ground and using Davids tutorial for snow tree's on the tree's

    Here is my entry for the challenge

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  • Dave SavageDave Savage Posts: 2,433
    edited December 1969

    My third entry... This one uses trees made in Arbora again.
    The ground uses David & Horo's "Bryce 7 Pro Ground Texture Tiles and Matching Terrain" set and consists of 100 tiles.
    I made the mushroom myself in Bryce and used the Instance Lab to make the fairy ring arrangement.
    The Deer was a freebie from TF3DM.

    Title: Magic in the Forest

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  • orbitalorbital Posts: 120
    edited December 1969

    Some really nice entries so far. I call this "The Wisdom Tree". Two separate renders for foreground and background as file sizes were becoming an issue. Then i added some mist in photoshop just to get the two to blend together. The main tree consists of parts from downloaded tree models and lattice work in Bryce. Other trees are downloaded or Bryce.

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  • mtnmenmtnmen Posts: 444
    edited December 1969

    @Orbital... Outrageous! What a gorgeous scene that pulls you in to see what's in the mist beyond... and love the character on the path.. it really shows the immensity of the environment... love it
    Steve

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    edited December 1969

    I do apologise for having not been seen in this thread for a few days.

    Have been a bit distracted

    I lost a very dear friend this week. DAZ 3D lost a wonderful Community member and member of the DAZ Forum Team

    http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/44104/
    http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/44104/P30/#648396


    Having said that we have some really super renders in this thread, once again it is going to be hard for the judges next month I think

    Keep them coming.

  • mermaid010mermaid010 Posts: 5,490
    edited July 2014

    From what I read in that thread, (2nd link in Pam's post) a great loss to Daz. My condolences to his family and friends.

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  • JamahoneyJamahoney Posts: 1,791
    edited December 1969

    Sorry to hear about that...rest in peace.

    Second entry.

    Title: Tree Lovers

    Jay

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  • HoroHoro Posts: 10,643
    edited December 1969

    @preciousmetal - this looks now very good.

    @Dave - beautiful scene.

    @orbital - outstanding render.

    @Jay - great tree and nice colours.

    @Pam - I'm very seldom in the Commons. Thank you for sharing - what a shock!

  • StuartBStuartB Posts: 596
    edited July 2014

    I'm sure there were trees here last time I looked.
    It's not an entry, just a bit of fun.
    I can't get any trees to look how I want them to.

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