This simple scene is set for testing the effectiveness of the method of instancing applied to a model of grass imported into SketchUp (originally in 3ds format). Below is the link to download the template and the basic part of the lawn, which is optimized to be multiplied in other scenes.
http://www.box.net/shared/1e6vyaghdp
This simple scene was set in less than hour. The rendering is continued for about 15 hours, and the result was not crystal clear at the end of the process, but a quick touch up in Photoshop corrected the impurities gaudy. The lighting in this case is totally entrusted to a map EXR, which penetrates the front in the scene, resulting in a desired condition of the light, and at the same time is used as a fill light. The color change of light sources is precisely the consequence of the use of the map of Environment. Corresponding to the slots were ranked Exit Portals, in order to speed up the process of de-noising image. This rendering is still a WIP: many items still to be adjusted at the level of composition and technique concerning such clarification of certain materials and extra lights. Despite everything, however, although it is certainly an intermediate result, I liked the feeling that you have gotten, and I thought that was worthy of a dedicated space.
This image is from a scene broader theme of a rendering of domestic architecture. The final rendering is a resolution very high, and given the high consumption of RAM, has been entrusted to his friend's forum Borgleader Indigo renderer. This image captures but a single subject, a reading corner harvest, which takes advantage of natural light given by the window in the background, and the artificial light coming from the famous Tolomeo lamp. I found that in postproduction cool tones better of warm not suit to give the feeling that I hoped would flow from this image. Here, too, was conducted a little experiment with a focal length (DOF).
