Nukeboy, I completely agree about the appearance of the bike. I did spend some time trying to tweak the textures (they are Bryce procedurals) and this was the best compromise I could up with in the time I was willing to spend on it. It just wasn't the important aspect of the image/investigation for me. I may revisit this later to make the necessary improvements. Boomer, the sidewalk is made from a collection of textures shot with my 3 megapixel digicam. Each paving block (from my yard) was shot separately and then combined in an image editor. There are other real textures added to the mix, and everything was blended together and then augmented with painted on chewing gum and general wear and tear, etc. There is also a lot of 3D detritus spread mostly around the less trodden areas near the wall. The squashed cigarette packet near the front has a way bigger texture than the back wall! Flak, I did ponder what to do with the bike - whether to make it completely shiny-new, or old and decrepit like the street. In the end, having observed the state of most bikes I see in my town, I tried for a 'well maintained' look. Maybe that was my mistake. ;-) Thanks for the feedback all.