A few pictures made with my renderer BLOG:

 
• Raytraced spheres.
• Raytraced spheres with depth of field.
• Glossy reflections
• Translucent surfaces
• Soft shadows
• Image for final project.  This image shows a lot of effects but is kind of ugly.
• Another, more aesthetically pleasing image for final project.

A few pictures I made in an Introduction to Maya class:

• Vase and glasses
• Spaghetti ingredients
• Another shot of spaghetti ingredients.