Thank you for the helpful replies. I asked the question because I had no wish to undercut people who make a living from producing book covers. I myself have no interest in producing renders specifically for book covers. This was one of those ad-hoc occasions when someone made an enquiry. estherau: I think the image in question was my first VUE4 image at a time when I was getting back into 3D after a few years away from it. I tried a lone figure as you suggest but I felt this was conflicting with the title 'Lonely' because the added person had a tree for company! I have offered to do a render more suited to print with a bit mor tidying up.