[kmwhitt]

Just finished this one:



13 hours
15.8 samples reached

[gadzooks]

Nice image. The only thing that stands out to me is that the light fixture seems to be floating. Great Job.

[kmwhitt]

Thanks for the comment!

Yes, the chain is made of the same metal material as the chandelier. Perhaps, the metal is too reflective - it would be nice to be able to use image maps with metals and plastics just don't give me that metallic look.

Kevin

[true]

nice and clean~ what is the original size? how did u manage to get this image noise free within such a short time. I can't believe it....... do u have an extra emitter behind camera?

[kmwhitt]

True:

The original size was 1600 x 1200 and reduced in photoshop and of course filtered with neatimage. I am currently rendering one now using only physical sun/sky except for 3 low wattage emitters and after 10 hours it is extremely noisy.

It almost seems as if the more emitters, the less noisy the image. The one pictured above uses physical sun/sky and 18 emitters including what I call a flash plane behind the camera.

Thanks,

Kevin

[kmwhitt]

Thanks WolfKiller.....

Yes, this is all Maxwell with some touch up in NeatImage. I agree that the bottom cabinets are too dark, but this is exactly what the client wants.

I have been visiting photography forums online lately and all the pros recommend using an fStop of 8 and a slower shutter speed (I am using 1/30 in this image) when shooting interiors. They also advise that it is wise to shoot later in the day so that the film does not have to compensate so much for the brighter exterior. It is truly amazing how close this technology is to actual photography - I'm even going to take a class in photography starting next week in hopes of improving my images even more.

I am not quite happy with the way this one turned out - It looks a bit too sterile to me and the framing of the shot looks too mechanical - also I feel it is oversaturated (too contrasty)..... I am currently running an evening view using a different camera lens at not quite so wide an angle. I would love to see more depth of field in this rendering, but that is difficult to achieve when using camera angles below 35mm.....

I will post my revisions if others would like to see them....

Thanks,

Kevin

[siliconbauhaus]

post some links to the forums you've been looking at mate.

nice work btw

[kmwhitt]

Sure.... Here is the article I found most useful:

http://www.betterphoto.com/forms/qnaDet ... adID=11203

Some others:

http://www.photographycorner.com/photography-basics.php

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/

http://www.phototakers.com/forum/