Thanks for the feedback! Here are the final renders:

http://www.richardupshur.com/concept_racer/3.jpg

http://www.richardupshur.com/concept_racer/4.jpg

http://www.richardupshur.com/concept_racer/5.jpg

http://www.richardupshur.com/concept_racer/6.jpg

http://www.richardupshur.com/concept ...

This image is part of a larger project -- I used the Blender plugin for this particular render.

The scene setup was inspired by a shot of the Mercedes-Benz W196 -- which is a similar car to this in some respects.

Thanks for the information and the tips. That's very helpful!

How hard is Maya to learn? (With the understanding that you're an experienced Blender user.)

Yes, she is.

I was trying to think of a CG joke to go with my initial post. Something like: while the CG nerds are modeling inflatable furniture, I'm out photographing beautiful women. But then I realized that I’m a CG nerd.

Hi!

Thought I'd throw this out there. It's a personal project that I finished over the weekend. The model is real, the environment is CG. Pathtracing for about 5 hours (it really didn't need to run that long -- I fell asleep.)

The architecture of the loft was from a reference in a magazine, the ...

I noticed that, too.

Here's what I've been using as a still reference. The color is a little different than the shot that tehfailsafe put up. However -- I've got some work to do to get it to match. I was fiddling with the blue channel this morning trying to match the floor, but now I can see from ...

Thanks for the feedback!

@Colin -- I see the haze now. And yes: I think lifting the blacks will take it the rest of the way.

I see a few things I want to tweak on the airlock door (mostly the dimensions on the upper and lower bands.) I might bump the lights in the soffit up a bit too.

Thanks for ...

A fellow photographer noticed the same issue with the lights. So, I changed the film response[?] and that seemed to help add a little color back to them. I also added a subtle bloom to the brightest lights in PS.

I think it's an improvement.

Here's the other reference I've been using to gather more detailed information (I tried to stay consistent with the lighting and color in the screen grab):

http://www.startrekmovie.com/panoramas/hallway1.html

(There's a great pano of the bridge too.)