Nature FX allows you to depict realistic water surfaces with realistic lighting and reflections. In the image above the NatureFX ocean displacement plug-in creates the rolling waves while the shader plug-in takes care of all the reflections and glitter on the water.

The NatureFX Air plug-in is then applied. A Distant light serves as the sun. This light is selected from within NatureFX Air to serve as the sun light source. The yellow glitter on the water, which is typical of a sunset, is generated automatically since Air attenuates the color of the light as it scatters through the atmosphere. The ocean reflects the Air. All of these elements are rendered entirely within LightWave!