Yes, personally I think that looks much more convincing. The single wave makes a big difference I reckon. Did you lower the water level as well or just change the camera position?

thanks very much... actually, it wasn't saved, so i had to start from scratch. i also upgraded to the newest version of terragen which has smaller terrain sculpting brushes than the previous version. i appreciate all your help!

This is definitely more realistic and you succeeded in making it look like a photograph. A really EXCELLENT photograph, I might add. This one's a D10F, IMHO.

I'm off to get the new version...!

thank you mary for your nice comments. i'm grateful for your support! :)

Wow Marcus! Very nice, my friend! def realistic.

~the hippy ; )

only your third try... great job!!! It's wonderful!

very nice, the only suggestion I have is to alter the mountain skyline, if the sun's up that high, some light is going to be over the tops of them

very very nice. and very realistic looking. nicely done Marcus^^

thank you all very much for your support. i've got a lot to learn, but as i've said before... i won't be happy until i can make a piece like moodflow's 'walking with orion'... :)

Marcus ,very nice .great job.

Good image.

oh thats very nice although the beach near the camera looks a bit strange... itd be cool if it had beach wood imho but thats just a detail =)

thanks guys... i really do appreciate your comments and i'm glad you like the piece!

how do u get the sand????and the beach effect?

Samatar must be a good instructior. Very nice job.

Wow this is a great pic, but that one mountain in the center of the pic, in the back has a flat top, is there a way to fix that?

Nice desktop, kind of looks like the Great Wall of China! Thanks.

excellent effort. Particularly the sky and lighting off the clouds.