Snowy Mountain Cabin

I made this little scene as a birthday present for my boyfriend. He loves snowy mountain scenes, so I made him these renders that he could use as dynamic wallpapers that would change depending on the time of day.

I used an interesting technique I found to create a dense forest without having to use dense geometry. I used Alpha trees, which is basically a flat imagine with Normals, translucency and a few other shading effects that gives them a realistic look without slowing down rendering. I really liked this approach!