@tysonr (tysonr) posted a new topic, subject "Bird bath". It read:

   Long time lurker, first time poster… Thought i'd post this Bird Bath scene i've been working on. Been trying to get the lighting and materials looking more realistic.  
    Any feedback would be great.
    
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After which, @Odeas (Odeas) added

    Looks good to me so far, great start and welcome to the forums 
    
    I'd recommend the use of a HDR map to give your water something to reflect. I can see you have a mirror value on the water but it looks very flat as it only has the bird bath to reflect.
    
    It could also do with some subsurf on the bird bath stand part as it looks faceted and not very smooth.
    
    Now you just need a bird

To which @Rorkimaru (Rorkimaru) replied

    I think you should play with the density and shape of the grass blades. Take a look at the Big Buck Bunny grass for refference


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