The Dinosaur model being rendered with 3D Studio Max
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Placed color and gradient layers blend modes overlay and multiply, some masking of the second "valley picture" layer for light and shadow effects
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Setting the sunlight. It was made with the gradient fill diamond shape then warped
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This picture was used as an environment map for 3d render.
The dinosaur model was copied 5 times and positioned around the area 1 MR omni light was used and the finished image was rendered using Mental Ray. Some post processing in CS5 to include color balance, brightness and contrast and levels adjustments.