Here are my renders at the end of the course.
Great course, really learned a LOT, and enjoyed every bit…
Here is an early winters evening in a fishing village…feels like a storms approaching…
I would have like to have added some mist on the water surface, and more interesting elements (boats, ladders, nets), but am satisfied with what I have, thanks Grant and team!
I animated the Background image plane (rotation in the z using the camera as the pivot) so to get the parallax effect a bit better…small change but looked better than with the image moving at same rate as camera