mental ray Jungle Delivery

My very first mental ray scene! (it predates the desert by about a week). Mental ray makes lighting so much simpler than my old method of piling on spotlights and omnis until it looked halfway decent.

This was my first 3d environment in over 2 years. I really ought to make them more frequently! Fortunately, it was a very good crash course in remembering the 3ds max details I'd forgotten in that time.

All models/textures created by me in 3ds max 9.
Rendered with mental ray