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Now You've Done It! (rework)

This was my submission for the 4H photo contest - The World I Imagine, reworked due to better equipment.
Once I had the scene lit as I wanted, I checked the angle and altitude of the 3D sun, and used an online tool to see what time I needed to take the photo to have the suns match. The photo was then masked out, and imported as a 2D plane.
The entire scene is heavily optimized, with grass being removed anywhere it is not visible from the camera, as well as the terrain.
The trees are baked from a 3D model to 2D planes, with normal maps, transparency, and the such. This is to save on video memory and render time.
If you have any suggestions how to make art like this better, please leave me a comment!
Album with all the iterations here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/5vM4NJUdxQGH42nt6

The final render.

The final render.

This 360 helps reveal a lot of the optimization that went into this project.

The original photo.

The original photo.

Masked out in Pixelmator

Masked out in Pixelmator