My photograph, this was placed on a plane for the back drop.
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Scene is lit with 2 free direct lights and 1 VRay light. Camera is a VRay physical camera.
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The deck floor is a plane, it's railings are AEC geometry (rail.)The hot tub is a cylinder with top poly removed. The water is a circle spline that has been extruded and a VRay water material applied. A box with a boolean modifier surrounds the tub (cylinder). Plants are Max foliage in a cylinder with top poly removed. All textures were inherit to max or downloaded from the link provided.