For those of you wondering how the waves were done, they are a large bumpy terrain, with an ocean texture applied.

Laser beams take awhile to render. That's what I learned during this one, luckily I didn't get too carried away with them.

I really like how this one turned out. It's become one of my favorites.
I used to include something unrealistic in all the realistic scenes, something to find if you studied the image. This one is in the needles of the pine trees.

I planned on adding a subject to this one, a rowboat, or a swimmer, but I liked the starkness, and anything I tried seemed to detract from that.

One of my favorites, it sets an ominous mood, with a minimum of scenery.

Tiny fairies, no wonder they are so hard to find in the real world. I tried using a photo of an actual field in the background, although it's such a small area it's almost a texture map.

I was planning on a set of fairy images, but I had so much trouble getting the wings similar to what I wanted, I may not do as many as I had originally planned.
The flower is a slightly modified model from Ray Dream Studio.