[pipcleo]

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[Bubbaloo]

I would take the cars out. They look like toys to me. The building looks good. Maybe a higher resolution sky is needed?

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[eric nixon]

Good images, In the second one the lighting on the trees is odd, but thats really easy to fix... with new trees..

Is this in-house design-development work? In the render, the wood batton material for the fins doesnt look right with the light shining on it, I see the lights are cranked up too far....

The images work nicely in terms of storytelling.

[pipcleo]

Thanks for your comments Eric.
These are marketing renders hence the client desire for lighting that 'pops' .....his description , not mine.
The first has more realistic intensity but the second is his 'hero' shot....his description again and a terrible phrase.

Agree on the planting , everything low level is 3d , the larger trees are boards and will most likely change for the final shots.

[rusteberg]

is this lit with one of Guthrie's hdri's? if so, i would try lowering gamma to 1.8 instead of default 2.2
it may help get more global illumination contrast.

emitter illumination looks good, but the global illumination is causing everything to blend in together. i think either lowering your gamma in the render or the hdri itself while boosting the ibl value may help give the building and environment a little more "pop"

edit: i would opt for geometry for trees and vegetation vs. billboard. given the mood you're going for, i would place a small emitter pointing up at base of each tree for added effect. i think these little things would make client happy

[pipcleo]

Good call on the gamma Tom , at 1.8 the contrast is definitely better.
But damn , two more hunded hour plus renders...... those glass balustrades were a bitch to clear

[eric nixon]

two more hunded hour plus renders

Put lambert roughness for frosted glass, will clear faster. Surely there is an issue with the scene, do you get very bright pixels at low sl in places.

24hrs sl 18 thats what you should expect for screen-res of this scene on say an I7 chip.

[pipcleo]

24 hrs sl 18-19 for screen res is about right.
These are for print so 3500 pix renders are required....probably also boards as well and the latest trend for
display boards up to 12 metres wide will be problematic