Mario Mushrooms

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This scene just gets bigger with my imagination =]

I wanted a simple wallpaper, but now I've got ideas for a series of images. So I want your crits on this one.

Go =]

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/5936/mariojy5.png

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Here's an update, and another version.

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/3999/mushkp9.png

[glass.use]

i love the middle mushroom color, just increase the subdiv of the dof :wink:

[visualtricks]

I like it, it's funny ! :)

Maybe the DoF in the second image its too blurry, you're loosing the nice bokeh effect you got in the first..
How long did the first image take to render ?

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Thanks =]
I didn't change any camera settings, so I don't know why it has more DoF.

Well that I thought would affect the DoF, I changed the shutter speed a little to make it brighter.

Anyway I can keep it this bright and still have that nice bokeh?


And the first image took about 30 minutes. The latest took about 50 because I increased some more settings.

[St Cana's]

Nice attention to detail that you've put more of the little guys out of shot to catch their reflections on the two main characters. Nice one.

Cheers
Karl

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Ever notice how when you look back on an old render from not too long ago and you realize how bad it looks?

Well I must say I'm embaressed by that work lol.

But anyways, I've made some lighting progress that I like. However, I seem to have lost the great color I had before. I don't really want it as intense as the last image, but a LOT more than this one. What have I done? The Saturation in all the materials has stayed the same, and same with Saturation in GI.

Colormapping: Exp. .7, 1.5, 2.2

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/9247/13177543jy2.png