Beach Render Tests

Here are a couple of test renders of the beach scene. I think the clouds a welcome addition, and I'm very happy with my simple lighthouse. Surely all boys find them in some way interesting.

To light this scene I have used just 3 point lights. Matt the Beale helped me try out some global illumination. This however took several minutes to render one frame, and that's when it wasn't making the stupid computer crash. The above was achieved with just the 3 lights and a bit of tweaking in the render and light settings.

The clouds moving slowly across the sky should bring the whole shot nicely to life, and the shadow on the hill makes it more interesting.