Yes, of course they're both fakes. I have tried to make a lens object in Bryce, and have been able to get a slight magnifying effect, but nothing like the real world optics. I understand some of the higher end apps can do it (not the second ant pic, though). The great thing about Bryce (besides being less expensive), is that with a little practice and patience, you can fake almost anything you can think of. BTW, these were 100% Bryce renders. They aren't fakes in the sense of postwork.

This is not my "second childhood". I'm not finished with the first one yet.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

"I'd like to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather....not screaming in terror like the passengers on his bus." - Jack Handy