Thanks Bop. The grey background is the result of the defocus on a couple of maple trees and a volumetric point light above. Dead trees are placed right behind the pumpkins to get that darker color (the point light is between the dead trees and the maple trees). The textures are variations on the great pumpkin textures available in the sample still life from Vue 4. I just changed the colors and bump maps to get different feels (and used the pumpkins on my front porch to get an idea of possible good looking textures).

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