"Trevor G Quayle" <Tin### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> "s.day" <s.d### [at] uelacuk> wrote:
> > James Holsenback <nom### [at] nonecom> wrote:
> > > On 03/20/2013 05:47 PM, s.day wrote:
> > > > Trying to age my lantern, HDR seems to look better with new shiny objects
> > > > though...
> > > >
> > > maybe so ... eye candy-wise but you've done a nice job weathering up the
> > > latern
> >
> > Thanks, I am having a lot of fun with the HDR settings which has distracted me a
> > bit from the scene I was working on. I am now looking through all my old scenes
> > for things to render again with HDR etc..
>
> Yes, HDR has a huge effect on how scenes look, and not just with lighting.  For
> reflective or shiny objects, its not so much that they reflect, but rather what
> and how they reflect that makes them interesting.
>
> -tgq

Yes, I have in the past added objects in some scenes behind the camera etc to at
least give the appearance of this, usually just random shapes unless I had a
suitable model already. Just something to make the reflective surfaces a bit
different. Does not have anywhere near the effect of HDR but is better than just
reflecting a blank wall or empty sky.

Sean

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