Essex Coastline - Sky and Sun/Lighting

Next I needed to make the sky which was very easy to do as I had done this for both the other scenes. This time I placed the material onto a cylinder to make sure no corners were shown in the render as it's only a small scene.













I then had to place a light in the scene to represent the sun as well as the reflection on the water. I made an omni light for this and set it in the right place in the scene. I then set the multiplier to 0.8 and added a lens effect and set up a glow to make the effect of the sunlight. This set a really effective reflection on the ocean.













This is a rendered image of the beach scene so far. I am very impressed with the way this looks as I did not think I would be able to create this scene as quickly as I have been able to and as effectively as I have been able to.