House project (crits needed)

[AnubisMe]

hey all, this is a project I have been working on for a while. let me know what you think, or what I can improve on.

[lextorlex]

Asphalt is looking more like an ocean from the bird's eye panorama, rather than asphalt.

[Fritzlachatte]

Isn´t it an ocean? Just joking, but these days I asked myself if just better textures would help while rendering exteriors in corona.
The interiors are 80% brilliant, and the style is not seldom just beautiful. But what is with these exteriors? Does anybody have samples of good corona exteriors? Is ist possible? The only example for a really well done exterior was the Icelandic coastal house from Juraj. But if I compare it to his amazing townhouse extension I have to realize, that the image is not that crisp as the townhouse images. ( The townhouse is made with Vray, I think)

I know there have been discussions about that topic, but this picture demonstrates me quite well, that very often corona exteriors appear a little bit palish and ailing.   

I love interiors with corona and the engine made me doing interiors much faster then in Vray and they have done so many things right and more intuitiv , but am I wrong with my assumption concerning exteriors ? ( I hope so !)

[rampally]

Isn´t it an ocean? Just joking, but these days I asked myself if just better textures would help while rendering exteriors in corona.
The interiors are 80% brilliant, and the style is not seldom just beautiful. But what is with these exteriors? Does anybody have samples of good corona exteriors? Is ist possible? The only example for a really well done exterior was the Icelandic coastal house from Juraj. But if I compare it to his amazing townhouse extension I have to realize, that the image is not that crisp as the townhouse images. ( The townhouse is made with Vray, I think)

I know there have been discussions about that topic, but this picture demonstrates me quite well, that very often corona exteriors appear a little bit palish and ailing.   

I love interiors with corona and the engine made me doing interiors much faster then in Vray and they have done so many things right and more intuitiv , but am I wrong with my assumption concerning exteriors ? ( I hope so !)

Yes i agree with you Fritzlachatte..............some thing is missing..... my eye can point it however my brain couldnot

[AnubisMe]

It is true that textures can make a big difference, but I think my case is that my post processing isn't all that great yet. I still strive to get as nice of an image in max. I know programs like magic bullet for Photoshop and using nice depth of field can make wonders to exteriors, but then again most clients are not to fond of that.

[maru]

This picture looks pretty realistic if it was a photo taken on a cloudy day. There is no contrast in the daylight, no defined sun angle, no visible shadows. I think adding some contrast to the daylight (for example using a good HDRI or a nicely set up CoronaSky+Sun) would at least make the picture more interesting. Another thing that caught my eye is the strong burns around spotlights - I think they could be weaker and have different colour. I would also suggest adding some detail inside the house, like paintings, furniture, etc.

[AnubisMe]

good points. the scene and HDRi are to give a early evening twilight view so I would assume there would not be a lot of contrast with shadows ect. This is the HDRI I used http://www.aversis.be/hdri/hdri-individual-10000/hdri-360-031.htm

Perhaps I need to play more with the HDRi to get the right contrast.