The sky was the hardest I know you seem to the sun orb above the really bright point, I fought with the controls in the sky controls until I was crazy. I just really liked the silhouetted look it just seem to speak the mood. Iknow the shadow of the dog does seem a bit crisp. I'm going to blur it up some maybe... As anti-aliasing, sirface fedelity set to high, Adaptive to best, Rays Launhed to max. Render at 640/480@96dpi. Render in 17 minutes. Thanks for all the nice comments and great ideas!