This scene was originally used in one of the in-game sequences in "Paraworld" which I textured and worked on. Here I wanted to re-work some of the geometry adding more corners and details etc and re-lighing this scene from scratch in order to create a really hot and sunny afternoon feeling which i hope i have achieved. It was rendered in Mental Ray using a skylight, an ies sun light and the glare lume. Rendering time was approx ten hours. The background image of the garden is actually that from my parents garden in Cornwall which i took when visiting them this year in July.