Struggling to decide which of these #AmperSand shots I prefer.
The direct sunlight gives much more contrast and pop to it all, and the shadows help to illustrate the depth of the shell fragments and the texture of it all. That was what I'd been hoping for, as I made it.
But the one in flat light (thank you, Scottish skies!) is perhaps better for considering the colours of the shells themselves, and having fewer varied shadows around the edge makes the form of the lettering a little cleaner?
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@daveybot The left one is nicer to look at
But what I really appreciate is how you've manged to pull off render vs material preview in Blender