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I live in Florida, although in a more urban, not swampy area. I'm happy to share the photos. This one was taken in Leu Gardens near Orlando, in the center of the state. I love the Swamp UltraScenery ecology.
Figured a mask would do that certainly, but I'll fiddle with the props for now.
Thanks.
Guess that's why is called a swamp.
Is it seasonal of sorts?
I look forward seeing to what you create! Cliche doesn't bother me one bit!
I suppose that depends on what part of the country it is in. Around here, it seems to be around all the time.
The swamp went into my basket immediately. It was also a good reason to uninstall all of US and redownload everything. To sort out the issues from last week...
Everyones images look awesome!! I picked it up this morning but have yet to render it. I did play a bit this morning but I was tired and kept getting tree limbs in my view so I scrapped it.
Yikes! Fly away! Fly away!
Bird's eye view!
This is just amazing! I commented in your gallery.
How do you like that fog camera? Is it real slow?
Wild hogs are also prevalent in Florida, so he fits right in. It is hard to see him in the backlit sunset, though.
It looks like something BIG was there once. The images are dark, though, and I'm having a hard time seeing all the detail, especially in the first one.
Thank you for the comment, Barbult. You are correct about the pics being dark. Your help is always appreciated.
You could try rotating the HDRI, using a brighter HDRI, or adjusting the tone mapping to brighten the render next time. Experiment.
Edit: @AnEye4Art, I hope you don't mind - I was intrigued by the image so I brightened it a little with Photoshop, so I could see it better. Please tell more about how you made it. There are lots of interesting elements there that I don't recognize and would love to know more about.
I have a photo of an alligator that is pretty much full ycovered other than its eyes
Lighting is always an issue for me with a lot of the US settings. I think that is due to the tree coverage, the muted colors that are naturally used with US, and that a lot of HDRs are used to open environments.
I've had the best results with the rather plain HDRs; Skies of Economy Redux and Cloudscape Creator in particular.
The fancier HDRs (sunrises, sunsets, nights, etc.) seem to have issues with the angles of the light. A lot of times they are too low on the horizon to penetrate the thick tree cover. You can start working with the exposure levels, but that is hit or miss. I've gotten a lot of unnatural looking hot spots and blow out areas.
I agree. My favorite HDRI to use with UltraScenery is Sunflowers from HDRI Haven. I've mentioned it before, but it bears repeating, I think. It has a fairly benign horizin, bright sunny sky, beautiful clouds, and is free. I generally set the tone mapping White Point to a light yellow to neutralize the color a little. Burn Highlights .3 and Crush Blacks .3. I leave EV at the default 13. I have Burn Highlights Per Component Off. YMMV, as they say. Give it a try if you want a daytime HDRI that works with **everything**.
Oh, I can believe that!
Death to the swamp caiman!!
Now that's much brighter and easier to see! That vehicle is covered with muck. It looks like it has been abandoned in that swamp for a long time.
Here is my gator hunting swamp render. There are no alligators in the image. They must be hiding from the hunters.
I'm curious if many users are using Sun-Sky?
I saved off a Preset from the first USC and it's pretty much my starting point for all exterior scenes now. I use HDR's a great deal too, but the options for the when & where settings are really nice to fine tuning shadows.. Can't really do that with an HDR.
I use rhe Sun-Sky setting that came with UltraScenery some times, but I like clouds in my sky, so I like HDRIs. I think I used Sun-Sky in my gator hunting image.
Have the best of both. Set up the Sun-Sky as you like then simply turn off Render Dome which will give you bg transparency when saved off as png.
I use Affinity Photo but most apps should be able to import your favorite HDR's (EXR's, etc.), and have an option to create an equirectangular projection. You can then place that behind the Daz Png and place the sky, clouds, etc, where you want; as in L-R, Up-Dn, but also rotationally.
I bought the Above the Clouds collection some time ago & use them all the time; most of what I've posted here in fact. Haven't had the nerve to take the time to figure and out using Canvases with USC.
I don't think I have used Sun-Sky in years. I just found it too unpredictable and the lightiing to be flat. There were ways to fix this by using cloud layers and such, but that always ended up being a major render time sink. Once HDRIIs became possible, I never really looked back.
You live in very exciting environment, Barbult. Thanks for sharing your photos.
I can feel the humidity in your scene. That's really good work.
I bought the swamp yesterday. Looking forward to rendering, but honey do list is long
Thank goodness that photo was not taken in my backyard!
Thanks. Florida is beautiful in the winter and early spring. After that, the heat and humidity become miserable for 5-6 months. Air conditioning is a life saver. I just can't imagine how people survived here without it. And of course there are the annual hurricane threats! The county I live in used to be called Mosquito County, for reasons you can imagine, before it was divided up and renamed many years ago.The book "A Land Remembered" by Patrick D. Smith is an interesting historical novel about life in Florida. I'm glad I didn't live here then! I moved here in 1981.