I made a new branch texture and added it to the trees for some variation. I also created a new bark texture and used an overlay to make some trees look like they still have some bark on them. Here are some pics.
I went to the park yesterday and took a lot of pictures. I tried using a black board behind the leaves to make it easier to cut them out. I got luck sometimes and found branches that were broken off. I could lay them down on the board to take the pics. I started making my tree and the first run at the tree textures. Here are a few of the pics I took, I got lots of them.
Added some textures but they will probably change. started adding some rocks around the lake. I still need to make grass and generic rocks to duplicate. Deleted Physical sun and sky and added my own lights.
Here are some pics of the blocked out terrain with and without trees. I am still adjusting the position of trees and probably will do so throughout the project. The next pics are some quick renders using some cameras I placed and using physical sun and sky to get some quick lighting.