@Ricko Hasche

Ok here is a quick stab at what I think your asking for. One more thing I need to learn how to do better, yes it needs to added to the final image. Let me know if this is the right track for your suggestion.

Think I found the limit of lights you can have in a map. Think I need a smaller scale map to work with for the next test map. Having issues rendering the map as the last two attempts turned off the lights during the rendering. Got it to render. (Light count 750)

Remember work in progress, learning as I go and a quick stab at the reflection in the water.

Phase 2 of the project is the night version. Again this is a work in progress and I have a large amount of work to get the sky the way I want it to be.

1) Does the image give the over impression of what I'm trying to showcase in this project?

2) Does the lighting of the mountain range work?

3) Does the lighting in the sky represent the Aurora? (Yes it still needs a lot of work but again this is my first attempt at doing something this intense) (if interested there are 330 lights in the aurora)

I have really learned a lot about lights and how a color background effects the lights differently from a bitmap background.

This will be an on going project until I get the lighting the way I want it and it works for the subject then I will start work on the actual project.

Thank You in advance for your comments and suggestions.

I'm working on a personal project and I would like some input into the design. The map I'm posting is just a test map and not the final vision that I have for this project.

For the phase 1 map I'm looking for the following input.

1) Does the background behind the mountains give the overall impression of sky?

(I know it needs more work to really look like a sky but does it give the impression of the sky)

2) Does the scaling in the foreground of the trees give the proper scaling to show the distance from the front to the middle of the image? Also how could I better scale the hills?

3) Does the image give the general overall impression of what you would see looking at a photo or in real life looking at a river valley?

Thank You in advance for your comments and suggestions.

night version @35% lighting

Night version @15% lighting