A fine image with a lot of great modeling and a tremendous number of
objects. The sewing machine itself is excellent, both modeling and
textures. The chair and the handtowel are also great.

The image is a bit soft, and some of the objects seem to float over the
floor or walls. Brighter sunlight and more light sources to simulate
reflected light would help.

It's great to see so much depth, looking all the way through to the street.

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This picture exhibits a great amount of charm.

Its stance in relation to the topic is to depict a slice of time from an 
everyday environment, in this instance, a 1930's farmhouse, and show the 
various technologies one might find there.

The eye is allowed to wander through a succession of spaces and pick out 
details from the time.

The meaning lies in the cumulative effect of these isolated details, 
each a tenderly rendered moment.  The objects are humble, caught in the 
act of their everyday use.  The light is gentle and suffuse. Some 
objects are directly lit some indirect.  The heightens the sense of 
individual moments caught in the same snapshot. The slightly stilted 
effect of the architectural and outdoor elements plays off against the 
supple realism of the individual objects.  There is a mild sense of 
ennui mixed with historical interest.  The poignancy is heightened with 
the deep space which transitions from interior to exterior but never 
misses a chance to inform us about the period.

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Thank you both for your kind appreciation!

The problems you reported about the objects "floating"
in front of the wall are real, but I could not manage
to correct them in a reasonable way. I really have to
learn how to soften the border line between two distinct
objects!

Take the shelf on the wall. The real problem here is
the lack of a soft shadow under the shelf.  Obviously,
this shadow cannot be casted by the external light
because of the position of the shelf, which is too high.

I have tried to use an image_map with manually placed
dark shades (in order to simulate shadows) for the wall
texture, but the result was not easily manageable.
The use of light groups seems to be the most obvious
solution, yet is not as simple as one might think: unless
one uses a "shadowless" light (a nonsense in this
situation) the computation time greatly increases when
using complex surfaces (like the shelf in my image: an
isosurface with great roughness).

I decided to ignore the problem because of lack of time,
but I am aware that this *is* a problem.  Has somebody
any quick trick for this?

Another problem is the floor. But this is another story...

Maurizio Tomasi (alias "zio tom").

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ziotom wrote:


> 
> The problems you reported about the objects "floating"
> in front of the wall are real, but I could not manage
> to correct them in a reasonable way. I really have to
> learn how to soften the border line between two distinct
> objects!

I think a lot of this effect has to do with the strong wall texture and 
color.  Also the textures of the wood trim does not always read 
consistently.  I think if you were to work these textures further it 
would go a long way to making the overall atmosphere more consistent

> 
> Take the shelf on the wall. The real problem here is
> the lack of a soft shadow under the shelf.  Obviously,
> this shadow cannot be casted by the external light
> because of the position of the shelf, which is too high.
> 
You have entered a difficult realm here.  You should note that some of 
the most experienced POV users have started doing sophisticated lighting 
studies only recently, relatively speaking.  I takes a lot of informed 
experimentation.

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Renderdog wrote:
>A fine image with a lot of great modeling and a tremendous number of
>objects. The sewing machine itself is excellent, both modeling and
>textures. The chair and the handtowel are also great.

I liked this one alot, especially the sewing machine & it's stand which was
faithfully modelled to the real thing (looks exactly like I remember my
mother's when I was a kid).


>The image is a bit soft, and some of the objects seem to float over the
>floor or walls. Brighter sunlight and more light sources to simulate
>reflected light would help.

I agree it could use brighter sunlight.  The interior lighting could maybe
use lights to provide more detail & contrast, but I think more variation in
color would help accomplish the same thing with out making it too bright.
Overall I like the light level, and I think the softness you mention is
more due colors that don't separate objects & backgrounds.


>It's great to see so much depth, looking all the way through to the street.
>

Yes, it really adds to the realism to see the world outside.

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