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So I finally was able to make a light box and oh my...it's amazing! Everything looks 10x better!
I decided to do a little Fallout Figbarf just to test it.
I would love to hear feedback about it, do I need to change anything? Let me know!
So I am not an expert in any way but I've been wanting to create a graphic like this for a while to explain my lighting methods in rendering models through Mecabricks. Here goes:
1) This is the base HDRI Studio032 lighting. As you can see, it doesn't look like much. You can clearly see the model but the contrast looks off. Most of that is just because the model is on a solid black background and our brains can recognize that flat surround lighting on a solid background doesn't make sense. When this lighting is used with a "backdrop" that is also affected by the lighting, the image is normaly realistic enough.
2) I've removed the HDRI lighting and I'm starting here with the work lights on the boat. Normally, I would not start with the smaller detail lighting but I wanted to show what the lights look like on their own. Here, there are four "spotlights" each centered within one of the four work lights. The light radiates out in a cone but is not visible at it's origin.
3) I've added four "point lights" in the same locations as the spotlights and I've increased the power. This makes the lights look more realistic but it also increases the overall light in the scene and it does so outside of the controlled cone of the spotlights.
4) I've added in the Sun. Normally, I start with this as it is the most important to get right. If I am planning on using a background, I will include that here as well and do a couple of renders to ensure that the light agrees with the light in the background.
I have actually used 3 "sun lights" here with slightly different shades of white-yellow and slightly different strengths and sizes. The orientations are also spread a small amount. This helps create a bit of variation in coloring and shadow. I tend to change the strength based on the amount of white in the model. I go for an amount that makes the white shine but still shows the borders between parts and most importantly doesn't blend light grey and white into each other.
5) I've added in another boat in the background. I mostly felt that the shot seemed a bit too empty and full of holes (as opposed to empty but in select regions) but including other objects at different orientations gives the brain a better idea of the lighting and the depth in the scene. I also added a "fog glow" through the Mecabricks compositer.
6) Finaly, I've reintroduced the HDRI, but at a much lower strength. Even in areas hidden from our Sun, there is still light reflected from objects, or projected from stars or other lighting systems. It is subtle and mostly forgotten in the contrast of the Sun.
After all of this, I take the image into an editing software and add blurs on direct lights (like the worklights). The most important thing here is to experiment with the various lights and rendering tools.
Early winter's evening in rural South West Cheshire, looking across to the distant hustle & bustle that is Chester and Ellesmere port
This is my youngest. He knocked out some 80's rock for me while posing and letting me practice with my lighting. Oddly enough, he wasn't posing here, he was just looking at something behind him. I ended up liking it the best even though he's not playing his guitar here. I liked it so much when I took it I had him do several poses similar to this one.
Strobist:
Canon 6D, 24-70mm lens, Canon 580ex II camera left behind subject with a blue gel, at 1/8th, Canon 430ex in 24" softbox camera right, 1/2 power. ISO 200, shutter 1/500, f/3.5
Me (diane) and Nina finally saw each other again after soo long! we both went on holiday right after each other, so after 3 long months, we were finally reunited. :) the light today was amazing :D
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Niagara Falls, Goat Island, New York - Our first ever time seeing Niagara Falls was cut short by bad weather. Heavy rain with flood warnings moved into the area just a few hours after our arrival and shortly after I took this photograph. Still, we were able to hang around long enough to see the American Falls under spotlight from the Canadian side. I leaned out slightly over the railing of the viewing area between the two sections of the American Falls for this shot, my fish-eye lens bending the rails to border the lower edge of this image. The unique 180 degree viewpoint of this focal length also makes the near linear American Falls appear much more similar to the horseshoe shape of the Canadian portion of Niagara Falls just out of sight to the left of this photograph ...
playing around with the cold air while waiting for a performance to start. =) it sure was beautiful.
this was taken by the wonderful/inspiring photographer grace willis in hangzhou.
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World famous Swiss lighting artist, Gerry Hofstetter, lit up the National Cathedral in Washington, DC, last night. The patterns and colors of light projected on the cathedral were amazing.
I took this long exposure image of the cathedral and even got the moon in the upper left. We listened to live international music at the cathedral before the lighting began.
Point Bonita Lighthouse in the Marin Headlands, part of th Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Long exposure taken after the sun had set on the horizon.
Fabulous lighting in one of the antique homes in Huntsville - William Powers Newman house - circa 1872
GB Railfreight's Class 92, 92028 (formerly named "Saint Saëns") in the super-sub role once more working the Caledonian Sleeper Down Highlander (1S25) through Hartford.
023 was originally planned to work this service, but after it experienced a few niggles on the ECS in the morning the formerly flaky blue and orange engine that's fast building a reputation as the dependable super-sub stepped up to the plate.