Pripyat Ferris Wheel

Thanks for your input Mark, it's much appreciated! I'll keep working on it. Best wishes, M.

Hi Matthew, for dusk dawn shots and overcast skies with no real 'Direct" light source I use HDRI's within a MR skylight. If there is a direct light source or obvious light source I will include a directional light of some kind and match it to the scene and also do a bit of work in post to get the feel I want. I still use mental ray and unfortunately it does a pretty bad job of lighting scenes using HDRI maps ouside of ambient lighting (unlike vray which seems to to a GREAT job.) Keep at it with your sky for this shot....the right one will really make this image POP!

Hi Mark, Thanks very much for the feedback. Yes, I did indeed used Vue for the sky, but I am very new to the software. Atmospheres seem very simple to edit in Vue, however they are quite tricky to perfect and I still have a lot to learn. I was not 100% satisfied with this one, but it took a couple of days to bake to an hdri, so I thought that I better use it! I may attempt to make a new sky for the next renders. What are you using for the skies in your work? Cheers.

The rust/wear on the metal work looks great Matthew and the DOF is effective. I don't have much experience with Vue and was wondering if that was what you used for the sky? The sky seems just a little underdone to me compared to the detail in the rest of the shot. Great concept though. Looking forward to your following additions in this set.

Thanks very much Andrew! Hopefully it won't be too long in the making...

Love it. Great concept. Can't wait to see more.