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ENSONIQ5:
I can see floyd86's street scene ok, though it is quite dark, and I can see distinct variances in Lynn's posted greyscale.  I think the issue with your scene Lynn is that the contrast between the illuminated areas and the shadow areas is not very great.  Shadows, and the non-illuminated side of objects, tend to be fully black at night time, or very close to it.  I would suggest reducing the Ambient setting on your materials to 0 or perhaps 0.1, which will deepen the darker parts of the image, relative to the lighter parts.  I know this can be a pain, especially if you have a lot of materials, but it might be worth the effort, even if only to see the effect it has on the render.  You may also need to adjust the % value of the shadows for each light source, if the shadows look too bright compared to the dark side of, for example, the balustrade.

This is just an idea Lynn, I love what you have done so far (as I do all your work) and I look forward to seeing your folding wing solution.  After an abandoned attempt at animating a paper plane being folded (collision detection would be nice) I feel your pain!

lynn22:
After a July evening, in the first pictures here's a June evening. Where I live it does not get dark at night in July, you could drive your car without the headlights on but it's not allowed.

ENSONIQ5; after three days of trying I gave up on folding the wings with bones as I can't get them to fold in a way that looks good enough, there are always some bits that stick out too much.
I made a new bird with transmapped wings and tail and I'll try to fold them with morphs and move them with bones, I think it will be easier.

The new birds are not rigged yet that's why they look unnatural just yet. I just put them in the scene for a test render.

Thanks to everyone for your suggestions :)

hihosilver:
floyd I can see your image just fine, and the lighting is nice.  I'm able to see the entire image.

Raxx:
I could see it just fine on three different lcd monitors/tvs so I think you're safe ;) The birds look nice, and yeah feathers are a pain to work with.

I think with some good texturing with the rails, leaves and doorframe area and the background it'll look pretty fine.

If I may suggest, however, the textures look nice by themselves but you've got stark differences when one texture leads into the other. I recommend taking the textures into photoshop/gimp/whatever and adding grime, dirt, or cracks along the edges to make the transition smoother. (for example, between the railing and concrete-ish floor, in the corner give it some cracks and grime or even just some more geometry so that the transition looks more natural).

lynn22:
Gentlemen, I give you Frame 77  ;D

Raxx thank you for all the suggestions, they are most constructive.

ENSONIQ5, thank you for your kind words.
I have morphed the folding/unfolding of the wings and tail and boned their movement and it was a doddle, works a treat they are both flying beautifully.

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