Kathy The water looks great. Very realistic. What aspect are you unhappy with? Glengarry

The way I have seen waves done in the past is to create multiple layers, using the transparancy setting to allow the top layers to be visible. each layer would have its seperate texture to get the dark effect of a stormy sea. Remember that stormy rough seas are darker, and less reflective. But what you have so far is a great beginning, remember its not always about the realism, its also your perception.

Zippy253,Glengarry: Thank you! It's just that the water looks so static. To me, it looks more like "crushed up fabric". Sinv-jica: I'm sure this would work.... if I had the faintest idea what you are talking about... :) No, seriously - Do you mean to render several images with different water textures, and then put them together in Photoshop as different layers? Sorry if I sound dumb & thank you for your help & kind words! By the way, this is the final version of the image as far as rendering goes - Bryce (or Win95) ate it today and I can't open it anymore. :) Kathy

what I meant was layering several layers of water textures then rendering them together. the top layers should have the transparancy worked with, so that the bottom layers can show through. Its not as hard as you think, but it can be quite the effect

Sinv: I will certainly try this out! Thank you for your help!