Phoenix High Country by choronr
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Description
The 'fake stones' here are not what I expected; too many black speckles. I guess it depends on how how the light is positioned.
This is my first render with a new PC I have built. I have rendered this image on the old system; and, it took 6 hours. On the new system, it took 4 hours, 23 minutes. I attribute the faster render time to both a 10,000 rpm hard drive; and, the new Intel quad core extreme CPU.

Comments (32)
The terrain looks great!
If you wouldn't have told it were rocks I would have thought they were tiny shrubs, the ones that come rolling through the screen in a western movie!:-) Great terrain indeed!
super sky and light!
Agree with Philippe !!
Excellent terrain, Bob. Is there a way of lightening the shadows cast by the fake stones to minimize the speckled effect on your terrain? Didn't know HD specs affected render times, thought that was all processor, ram, and graphics card related. Food for thought.
Sounds like you traded the VW beetle for a Ferrari, Bob - it makes a world of difference! I like the subtle displacement on the rocks. Yeah, you gotta be careful with fake stones... they multiply like rabbits!
Love the high windswept clouds- excellent surface work. Congrats on that new rendering machine Bob!
The surface is beautiful as the fake stones are looking more like vegetation! Excellent sky and light too! Superb work and congratulations for your new PC, Bob! :)
Your sky is excellent, the haze is perfect. The "rocks" will come around to your point of view. :O)
This is a very realistic scene Bob. Beautiful desert scene!!! Congratulations on your new PC!!!!!!!
realism is amazing in this fine landscape!!!
great terrain !
This looks great Bob! Interesting terrain.. Congrats on your new computer too! :)
Great one! sometimes me too happened to have black fake stones also if i textured them on another colour, strange behaviour!
I agree with Andy, my first thought was shrubs. Excellent work Bob!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Excellent desert composition, with a bit mystic mood!!! Very well done!!!
This is simply outstanding work, Bob! From details to colours.
Excellent terrain and lighting!
Great terrain and surface work. Agree with superza about the fake stone textures.
Excellent! Very realistic! More memory and faster processors make a world of difference! :)
Agree about the black specks but man...that render time....I render overnight and wake up to 1/4 of a picture....guess its time to upgrade...thanks Bob!
Well, I think your work here is so impressive, Bob. Realistic, beautiful and just outstanding- specks and all! When I'm traveling up I-5, this is how it looks for a great distance. Inspiring!
Great Terregen work. The AMD quad is probably better and definitely cheaper than Intel. My Turion 64 renders far faster than my Intel Duo. (And was cheaper to make)
Looking very good, Bob! Those 'stones' may well be something else: dried bits of vegetation...
Well done. You're probably right about the fake stones but it's not so bad.
great vista, agree with Coppens
I like the terrain!
a cool stone formation, but I agree with you... good luck with your new computer.
Beautiful and natural! Love this terrain.
Excellent Landscaping and Again Very Nice Surface work!!!