Originally posted by caligraphics
I am not using HDRI, its standard lights that I have setup.
I am using two light sources, and Final Gathering to do the rest.
The shaders is currently just a basic blinn shader with default settings, except for the colors and reflectivity.
The glass for the magifier is a Mental Ray dielectric material. Look at my homepage for a tutorial on creating glass with MR .
whoa nice page i think i need to inspect it more