When I saw the first one..referenced on the Vue forum, I made the comment, jokingly, that it was a photo...these renders are photorealistic for sure... Some long render times as well :) Just great great work..

Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it.
Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together.
All things connect......Chief Seattle, 1854