Great idea, Terri ! But Photoshop is not the way to go . Maybe you already know i can't stand Photoshop ... It's almost as evil as cheddar, and i'm not surprised you're into photoshopping too since you're one of those mean robots who want to rule and pervert our beautiful world . But i'm warning you . I won't let you destroy all the french cheeses and kill our friends the worms who live in Camemberts or Roqueforts ! No way !!! Wait, there's a voice in my head : " Litst, stay calm, don't let her know you know . Don't forget she can help you to conquer the world !" Hum, anyway ... All you need to do this is Carrara, a picture and a scanner . Look at this pic, It's a simple metallic sphere in front of a picture in the backdrop . For the reflection there's a blurred version of the same picture in the background of the scene . So you can definitely use a reflective shaders :) . I've also added a plane under the sphere for the shadow . It has "shadow catcher" enabled and it's transparent (it must not appear in the reflections of the sphere) with a very dark color in the Color channel (the color of the shadows) . So you see, no Photoshop needed ;) . If you have CS2, then go for the GI renderer for an outdoor scene, it will make your image much more realistic . That's it for my advices, good luck with this Terri, and keep us updated ! litst