Residential project - Ireland

wo0o0o0o0o0w.nice

ah, I understand your last comment with regards to the hdri + mr workflow. I would not give up on image based lighting in MR just yet. Have you tried the ctrlGhost shaders yet? I was able to get some sweet IBL shots using Importons and Irradience particles. check this link for more details: http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/importons/irradiance.html You can actually get shadows from HDRIs... Finally!

I sometimes actually prefer the look of MR, it can be moody, a bit rough, unpolished and less generic. Saying that the HDRi workflow, (or lack of it) is tempting me away to the dark side! Perhaps this will be my last MR project?

VRAY is very similar. I tried vray for sketch up and it worked very well. I just prefer MR as I came from a design/engineering background and MR shipped with solidworks, proEngineer, and autoCAD so I just used it more frequently.

hehe yes for me too , i asking what will happen when its changed to V-ray , i feel im too bad skills but its very good work Thanks)

shame, the render looks great to me.

Yes rendered in Mental Ray (MR) with a HDRi and Daylight system. They arent a happy couple however!

ah , i guess no mate , this is HDRI map ,

MR = Mental Ray

MR ?!

was this rendered in MR?

Very nice mate

Thanks Robert. 3 groups of grasses with clover for edging scattered in Forest Pack Pro.

Gorgeous work! Out of interest, how have you done the grass?