My wife and I do some amateur photography, and have done a good job of
decorating our house with prints. The dining room has been an issue though.
I would love to put a three or four panel image up showing a large solitary
oak tree in winter, summer, fall, and spring. I can imagine it quite well,
but can't seem to find a good subject despite always keeping my eyes open.

I was thinking this weekend, heck, why not make my own reality. I'm getting
the hang of semi photo-realistic renderings with lots of detail in POV. I
may as well put it to good use.

Here are the fruits of my labor so far. I think I've got something that's
pretty close to realism for the focus of my image. I was hoping to get some
criticism it.

It's an xfrog model with texture maps applied. Rendered with a little
radiosity and one light source. One problem I'm having is getting the look
of filtered light through the leaves. I get some unrealistic dark spots
under the canopy. Making the leaves partially transparent doesn't seem to
do much unless I over do it. Then the leaves on the fringe are too
transparent. Any ideas?

Also, I mentioned above the 4 seasons idea. What can I do to differentiate
spring from summer? I'd like 4 distinct images. I was thinking a foggy
picture for spring with some small patches of snow?

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