Carrara Challenge #56 - "Let There Be Light." Winners illuminated :)

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  • FreelightFreelight Posts: 33
    edited February 2021

    Entrry #: 29

    Artist: Freelight

    WIP in the other thread, not sure how to create a link

    Models used are Stonemasons Streets of Steampunk, WW11 Jeep, Michael4 and Michael3

    Using a fake gi, lense flare and cone lighting through volumetric clouds

    Risky Business.png
    2880 x 1620 - 4M
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  • Entry 30

    Artist Freelight

    Title Downtown Abduction

    WIP again in the other thread

    Using the 1950s car, Stonemasons buildings from Urban Sprawl 2, Aiko 3, Millenium Cat, Merlins Trees

    A fake gi, multiple glow shaders and a gel cone

    Dowtown Abduction3.png
    3200 x 1800 - 6M
  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,996

    Hi I took the liberty of enlarging Freelight's two entries to make them easier to see. Hope this is okay. This is Freelight's  Entry #29.

     

    and this is Freelight's  entry #30

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,996
    edited February 2021

    Okay dokey, what a great set of Entries!!! Just beautiful! It's time to vote so the entry thread is sealed off now.

     

    If you would be kind enough, could you please vote for your favourite four entries (that have worked within the theme) via the Entry number, artist's name and, if possible, a kindly comment.

    Example (times four)

    Entry #: 99

    Artist: Da Vinci

    Comment Example: I really lie how Da Vinci has achieved a glow in Cardinal Whoopies Richelie's upper lip.

     

    PS I am stuck on an Ipad for a week so if wierd/weird posts arrive here that is why...

     

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  • Entry #: 7 (Before the Swell)
    Artist: Stezza
    Comment: Love the narrative and harmonious colours

    Entry #: 9 (She's a Daydream Believe)
    Artist: Misty
    Comment: Fabulous work on behalf of others - but do rest your eyes, won't you???

    Entry #: 14 (Candle-Lit)
    Artist: mschack
    Comment: Your eye is drawn into the image and the reflected candle, also love the small details of the earings in the saucer (funny place to put them unless you want them covered in wax - LOL)

    Entry #: 21 (Han Velsing)
    Artist: Diomede
    Comment: Great humour in the vying dampire.

  • HoroHoro Posts: 10,696

    Entry #: 7 - Before the Swell
    Artist: Stezza
    Comment: Great sunset scene at the beach

    Entry #: 11 - THEY SAID THEY WOULDN’T
    Artist: Sci Fi Funk
    Comment: ... but they did, wouldn't like that, well done scene

    Entry #: 19 "When the Light Comes Through"
    Artist: Vyusur
    Comment: Great light rays.

    Entry #: 30 - Downtown Abduction
    Artist: Freelight
    Comment: Excellent urban night scene

    Another challenge and you still didn't make it easier to judge ... good work all over.

  • Sci Fi FunkSci Fi Funk Posts: 1,198

    Lots of great compositions. I stuck to the theme of who did the best with light, still really tough to pick a top 4.

    Entry #: 14 
    Title: Candle-Lit
    Artist: mschack
    Comment: The light the candle is throwing off vs the ambient room light is convincing. 

    Entry #: 15
    Title: You could be the next President (in other words, the old one is about to snuff it!)
    Artist: Persona Non Grata
    Comment: The key light to the left Illuminates the picture so well.

    Entry #: 16
    Title: Step into the light...
    Artist: Persona Non Grata
    Comment: The contrast between the bright light and the haze in the foreground makes the picture. 

    Entry #25
    Title:   Oh, the Sun Shines Bright on My Old Space Buggy Home
    Artist: UnifiedBrain
    Comment: Best photo real entry, and mainly relying on a single distant light!


    (Special mention - not a vote)
    Entry #: 7 (Before the Swell) Artist: Stezza
    Comment: Great composition. Would have made my top 4 if my heart ruled my head.

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,688

    Needed more than four votes !!!

    Entry #7
    Title: Before the Swell
    Artist: Stezza
    Comment - That rising sun made this render for me

    Entry #: 15
    Title: You could be the next President (in other words, the old one is about to snuff it!)
    Artist: PNG (Persona Non Grata)
    Comment - Great composition and great modelling

    Entry #: 19
    "When the Light Comes Through"
    Artist: Vyusur
    Comment - Awesome atmospherics

    Entry 30
    Artist Freelight
    Title Downtown Abduction
    Comment - Love the overall lighting of this render

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,182

    Entry #: 12
    Title: WHEN CAROUSEL SET UP REDUCED TO 30 SECONDS, NOT EVERYONE GOT THE MEMO
    Artist: Sci Fi Funk
    Logan's Run stopped being one of my favorite movies after I turned 30, but Sci Fi Funk captured the shock of Carousel.  

    Entry #: 16
    Title: Step into the light...
    Artist: PNG
    Demonstrates complete control of translucency and soft shadows

    Entry #23 
    Title:  Lights, Camera, Strangeness! - The Sequel to a Movie Classic
    Artist:  UnifiedBrain
    Robot Monster was so bad it was good.  UB's send up is so good it is great.

    Entrry #: 29
    Artist: Freelight
    Title:  (None)
    Very cool to have translucent soft shadow cone instead of light cone.

    So hard to choose.  Very tough to leave favorites off the list.  Well done, everyone.

  • MelanieLMelanieL Posts: 7,420

    Entry #: 14
    Title: Candle-Lit
    Artist: mschack
    Comment: The whole thing looks very realistic.

    Entry #: 19
    Title: When the Light Comes Through
    Artist: Vyusur
    Comment: Love the lighting and atmosphere.

    Entry #: 21
    Title: Han Velsing
    Artist: Diomede (Ted Murphy)
    Comment: Great light and shadows. 

    Entry #: 29
    Title: ? Risky Business (according to the WIP thread) ?
    Artist: Freelight
    Comment: I love the misty night effect and colours.

    This was a hard choice, I really loved several of the others - well done to all the entrants.

  • mschackmschack Posts: 337

    Entry #24

    Title:  Portrait of an Airship

    Artist:  UnifiedBrain

    Comment: Love the saturated and noisy look of this one, almost like an old painting.

     

    Entry #: 19
    "When the Light Comes Through"
    Artist: Vyusur

    Comment: Moody, God-rays, and architecture, nuff said...

     

    Entry #: 16
    Title: Step into the light...
    Artist: Persona Non Grata

    Comment: Love the colour, composition and lighting.

     

    Entry#: 30

    Artist: Freelight

    Title: Downtown Abduction

    Comment:  I really like how those coloured lights contrast with the rest of a dull city scene.

     

    This is my first entry and voting in this contest and loved it all.  I want MORE!

     

     

  • ed3Ded3D Posts: 2,213
    edited February 2021

    And....good work all    ~

    Entry #23
    Title:  Lights, Camera, Strangeness! - The Sequel to a Movie Classic
    Artist:  UnifiedBrain

    Entry #: 2
    Title: Humpbacks & Friends
    Artist: Bunyip02

    Entry #5
    Title: Some Old Fella
    Artist: Stezza

    Entry: #14
    Title: Candel Lit
    Artist: mschack

     

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  • HansmarHansmar Posts: 2,946

    Certainly not an easy one to judge, four is just not enough! But here goes:

     

    Entry #: 1

    Artist: Bunyip02

    Comment: Fantastic ironic use of the theme

     

    Entry #: 13

    Artist: Diomede (Ted Murphy)

    Comment: I like the subtlety of the phantom and the pose and expression of the girl

     

    Entry #: 14

    Artist: mschack

    Comment: Just very well made and rendered

     

    Entry #: 17

    Artist: PNG

    Comment: Great to have a (mostly) abstract interpretation and very nice rays of light.

     

  • NGartplayNGartplay Posts: 3,130

    At first I was judging literally by the title of the competition; expecting the actions in the scene to encourage light to enter the scene but then I realized that this is about lighting a scene, not the actions in the scene.  That changed my choices.

    Entry #: 1

    Artist: Bunyip02

    Comment: I like the concept of the image and the use of light to convey that.

    Entry #: 14

    Artist: mschack

    Comment: I like the lighting and it fits the theme perfectly.

    Entry #: 16
    Title: Step into the light...
    Artist: Persona Non Grata

    Comment: The impact of the light to dark is very effective.

    Entry #27

    Title: Lost Spirit

    Artist: headwax

    Comment: I had 4 images that I couldn't decide on.  I chose this one because I liked that gels were used and a few bulbs but the image was perfectly lit for the subject.

  • WOW.... great beautiful entries all. Hard to vote.

    Entry #5
    Title: Some Old Fella
    Artist: Stezza

     

    Entry #: 11

    Title: THEY SAID THEY WOULDN’T

    Artist: Sci Fi Funk

     

    Entry #: 19
    "When the Light Comes Through"
    Artist: Vyusur

     

    Entry #21

    Title: Han Velsing

    Artist: Diomede (Ted Murphy)

     

     

     

     

  • S RayS Ray Posts: 399

    Nice work all. 
     

    Entrry #: 29
    Artist: Freelight

    Entry #: 19
    "When the Light Comes Through"
    Artist: Vyusur

    Entry: #14
    Title: Candel Lit
    Artist: mschack
     

    Entry #28
    Title: The Giant Spider by the Gwyder
    Artist: headwax

     


     

  • FreelightFreelight Posts: 33
    edited February 2021

    Very difficult to choose but here goes

    Entry #14

    Title: Candle lit

    Just a beautiful render

    Entry #19

    Title: When the Light Comes Through

    Artist: Vyusur

    It makes me wonder what lurks in the shadows

    Entry #21

    Title: Van Helsing

    Artist: Diomede

    I know the effort it took myself to do a similar piece, a lot of head scratching. Well done.

    Entry #25

    Title: Oh, the Sun Shhines Down on My Bright Old Space Buggy Home

    Artist: UnifiedBrian

    Like the near monochromatic look of this with just a hint of colour

     

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  • mermaid010mermaid010 Posts: 5,531

    Entry #: 1
    Title: Headlights - Spooked Deer
    Artist: Bunyip02

    Comment : I like the use of the light

     

    Entry #:7
    Title: Before the Swell
    Artist: Stezza

    Comment:  very nice sunset scene

     

    Entry: #14
    Title: Candel Lit
    Artist: mschack

    Comment: lovely setup, I love the reflected candle and other details

     

    Entry #: 17
    Title: Is it really just floaters you see???
    Artist: PNG

    Comment: nicely presented objects with the strong light.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675

    Entry #: 4
    Title: Dragon at sunset
    Artist: Bunyip02
    -cute


    Entry #: 10
    Title: Preparing for the race
    Artist: Philemo
    -love the new shiny for air car.


    Entry #21
    Title: Han Velsing
    Artist: Diomede (Ted Murphy)
    -light converying sense of danger


    Entry 30
    Artist Freelight
    Title Downtown Abduction
    -pretty color lights

     

    deciding was torture.  all are gorgeous lighting

  • StezzaStezza Posts: 8,113

    made it hard to choose this one....

    in no particular order other than numerical..

     

    Entry: #14
    Title: Candel Lit
    Artist: mschack

    Entry #: 15
    Title: You could be the next President (in other words, the old one is about to snuff it!)
    Artist: PNG

    Entry #21
    Title: Han Velsing
    Artist: Diomede (Ted Murphy)

    Entry 30
    Artist Freelight
    Title Downtown Abduction

     
  • spuddyspuddy Posts: 449
    edited February 2021

    Entry #29

    Title None

    Artist Freelight

    comment nice movement and composition

     

    Entry #13

    Title Phantom of the basement

    Artist Diomede

    comment creates interest and suspense

     

    Entry #14

    Title Candle lit

    Artist Mschack

    comment Great atmosphere ..all round lovely render

     

    Entry #19

    Title When the light comes through

    Artist Vyusur

    comment I like the stark subtlety and monochrome colour

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  • Entry #1
    Title: Headlights - Spooked Deer
    Artist: Bunyip02

    Entry #30
    Title: Downtown Abduction
    Artist: Freelight

    Entry: #12
    Title: WHEN CAROUSEL SET UP REDUCED TO 30 SECONDS, NOT EVERYONE GOT THE MEMO
    Artist: Sci Fi Funk

    Entry #: 14
    Title: Candle Lit
    Artist: mschack

    Some really good entries, and great to see newer/infrequent participants step up to the plate. yes

    For me, the Challenge voting was a bit unusual.  About 10 renders impacted me at nearly the same level, so I erred in favor of newer participants, or those I hadn't voted for in a while.

    Still, gotta shout out to Stezza and Selina for their fine modeling.  Excellent technical skills in general were certainly on display this month, and it was nice to see folks explore the (infinite) depths of Carrara.  As usual, HW ran a great Challenge. :)

  • VyusurVyusur Posts: 2,235

    Entry #: 1
    Title: Headlights - Spooked Deer
    Artist: Bunyip02

    Entry 30
    Artist Freelight
    Title Downtown Abduction

    Entry: #14
    Title: Candel Lit
    Artist: mschack


    Entry #21
    Title: Van Helsing
    Artist: Diomede (Ted Murphy)

  • Entry #: 12

    Title: WHEN CAROUSEL SET UP REDUCED TO 30 SECONDS, NOT EVERYONE GOT THE MEMO

    Artist: Sci Fi Funk

     

    Entry: # 14

    Title: Candel Lit

    Artist: mschack

     

    Entry #: 19

    Title: "When the Light Comes Through"

    Artist: Vyusur

     

    Entry #: 1

    Title: Headlights - Spooked Deer

    Artist: Bunyip02

     

    Really tough choice. Very good workers here.

  • Electro-ElvisElectro-Elvis Posts: 887
    edited February 2021

    Hope I am not too late with my voting


    Entry #30
    Artist Freelight
    Title Downtown Abduction

    Entry #19
    "When the Light Comes Through"
    Artist: Vyusur

    Entry #11
    Title: They said they wouldn't
    Artist: Sci Fi Funk

    Entry #23 
    Title:  Lights, Camera, Strangeness! - The Sequel to a Movie Classic
    Artist:  UnifiedBrain

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  • DesertDudeDesertDude Posts: 1,238

    Entry #:14
    Artist: mschack
    Comment: Great lighting - feels like candle light! Beautiful composition

    Entry #:29
    Artist: Freelight
    Comment: I just love the lights and dense atmosphere in this

    Entry #:16
    Artist: PNG
    Comment: Beautiful lightning and surfacing. Wonderfully mysterious

    Entry #:21
    Artist: Diomede
    Comment: That lightning has great drama, well done!

    Very tough to choose, as usual. Fantastic entries by all!!!
    Great job hosting Headwax - you inspired more fantastic Carrara art!

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,996

    Entry 30

    Artist Freelight. 

    Really like both of freelights images. Lots of ambience and things to see and ponder.

    Entry #: 16
    Title: Step into the light...
    Artist: PNG

    comment: classic simple scene made beautiful by the lighting 

    Entry: #14
    Title: Candel Lit
    Artist: mschack

    clean and crisp and a classic old masters feel

    Entry #: 12

    Title: WHEN CAROUSEL SET UP REDUCED TO 30 SECONDS, NOT EVERYONE GOT THE MEMO

    Artist: Sci Fi Funk

     

    fun narrative with a beautiful take on the lighting theme 

     

     

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,996

    Well thats it for the voting. Thanks to all who voted and all who rendered! 

    Ill announce the winners later today.

    apologies for the typing am in a caravan on a surf trip and banging away on a 20th century ipad thing!

  • DartanbeckDartanbeck Posts: 21,623

    Argh! Sorry I missed the voting. Great submissions everyone!!!

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 9,996

    Dartanbeck said:

    Argh! Sorry I missed the voting. Great submissions everyone!!!

    always next tine :) be good to see you get a chance to enter  

     

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