Thanx a lot for your appreciation, guys and gals... I'm always struggling with monstrous render times, so this Only One Radial discovery was really a pleasure. Actually, it enabled me to use Premium Effects, that usually are for me otherwise prohibited 'cuz 64rpp implies minimum 1 week render. I stupidly discarded the previews with the ligthdomes (out of frustration, probably), otherwise I'll post here to show that really there wasn't so much a difference in the outcome. Ah, the only radial I used was almost standard. Dimensions unaltered, Intensity=21, RGB 29,29,29, CastShadows, SoftShadows all way up to 100. Plus, Premium FX with soft shadows and DOF at 0,01 instead of the default 0,10. RenderTime 11h46m (against multiple-days estimated for the previous efforts). And... wow, this is my first pic ever to make it in the Hot20 :) Do i need to thank you again for all the tips that are handed out daily in this forum? Yes, I do: thank you all! Stefano