~ @ Vilian: EXACTELY! Thanks That is exactely the Don I used!!!

~@ Arcady: I agree a lot of the way, but not all the way though. IMO making a picture into B/W ALWAYS enhances the photoreal feel, which is why I use that approach for all my "photoreal" attempts. Some of them have gotten VERY close IMO (look in my gallery, they're all called "Photorealism [number]")
But yes the lights are crucial. I always render in Poser (with the exception of a very few pictures that Poser for some reason refuesed to render) but chhoosing the right texture is vital. On this pic I COULD have gone with a better picture, I have MEC4D's M2 textures and they're awesome, but I'v used them on a lot of my other "Photoreal" attempts so I needed to prove to myself that I could use other M3 textures as well :o)

~@ whatthe: Yes Poser is a fairly simplistic program, but it shouldn't fool people into thinking that it can only do simplistic renders. Firefly is actually a pretty sophisticated render engine once you know how to use it (and I'm personally oinly scratching the surface)
I guess some people just like to be snobs. the "My company paid zillions for Max and you can afford this Poser by yourself, ergo Poser must be crap" attitude.

And finally Shamanka... Sorry for the late reply. I have been away all day but I'll upload the corset right now and PM you the link :o))

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