This is not a commercial image, it was made only for fun!

This is an image made for a hungarian 3D CG Architect Contest titled: Light and Volume.
The idea was to take an existing photo (staircase of Philippe Gazeau,46 rue de l'Ourcq, Paris, 1993)
and analyze to what degree the image could be reproduced using 3D
in perspective of lights and shadows. With this end in view the result may have too much contrast,
but the contest theme required this painting like picture.
The task was to make a substantive image as realistic as possible, but in the other way it should has got
a well placed view and an excellent composition too.
Modelling: The building in the background are my designs in the style of Mr. Gazeau,
using horizontal wood, and brick elements with warm colours. The bicycle model is
not mine, it's from the web, but the author is not known for me.
Work in progress CGTalks forum of this image
Final image in larger resolution
Raw render
Wire
Software: Discreet 3DStudio MAX r6.0
Renderer: Default Scanline Renderer
Texturing and post editing: Corel PhotoPaint r12
Faces: 978649
Lights: 10 (1area, 9omnis)
Rendering Time: 8h:00m:53s
Computer: P4 3GHz, 1GB RAM
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