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Hi guys. I'm currently working on an aerial view of Dubai during a foggy afternoon. I'm somewhat undecided on which color scheme is most appealing. Here are screenshots of the scene I've prepared. Which do you think catches your attention most?
The buildings are still unfinished. That's why they look wrong. At the moment, I'm somewhat leaning towards either the one on the upper left or the one on the lower right. Happy to hear your thoughts on this.
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So I think I found your reference image for this shot (or something close to it at least)
Initially I was going to say that I preferred the top two due to the orange glow and deeper shadows however upon loooking it up, a gradient is definitely needed to imply curvature and occlusion of direct sunlight by clouds. think you may need to tweak the sky colours a bit too, add more of a hazy effect around the sun and just make it less stock in general if possible
I haven't been able to find many shots like this (and I am sure the ones I have found are glamoured up) but at least I would say the buildings need to be darker and to pop more from their surrounds, but other than that, they dont look unfinished as you implied above and I love what you have done so far!
I need to give advanced lighting mechanics a full work out, but I havent had time yet unfortunately so sorry I cant be more helpful with my criticisms!