maumau house

Which HDRI did you use for the day time shots and how did you get such contrast of the shadows?

This scene was illuminated with Peter Guthrie’s hdri skies: 1941 ( dusk shot) and 1103 ( sun clouds shot). A good way to get strong shadows is decrease the inverse gamma (inside the sky hdri - slot material editor) to 0.9 or 0.8 . You can find more information about that at Peter’s blog. He has an excellent guide to using HDRi skies with vray! I also control the strength of the shadow at photoshop playing with levels and curves ( sometimes with blend modes).

Thank you so much Jonathan!!! :)

Which HDRI did you use for the day time shots and how did you get such contrast of the shadows?

Fantastic work Ricardo!

Many thanks Sonny Ferian! Really Appreciated!!! :)

Great lighting and atmosphere. How did you light the scene?

Hi Max! Thanks a lot for your kind words!!! For the exteriors lights i have been used vray dome light with hdri! For interiors lights: vray light plane , spheres and photometric lights. I also use in the post production's steps some plugins to control the atmosphere: magic bullet photolooks and knoll light factory.

Pretty cool one

Great lighting and atmosphere. How did you light the scene?