*Quote - "I just saw a work by spacebones over at 3DCommune. A Thai landscape that was totally photorealistic and, according to spacebones, required no post processing.

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If you read their reply in the comments, you'll see that the background is 2d photos and not 3d terrain. In fact it seems that the forground is the only 3d element. But it is still a very decent piece of art.

*Damn! I didn't see that part. Oops, my bad :(

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