Thanks FranOnTheEdge and Clay. Both of those renders look like charming rock pools with a good illusion of wetness on the rocks. Looks like Bryce can do a nice job.

I did do more practice on height dependent stuff before I got sidetracked to work on SSS in Carrera and a dolphin Blender. I have a nice render of a Daz tutorial on Bryce landscapes that just needs a couple of birds.  Eventually I will catch up with trying to work in all of the info you guys are passing on and I am going to get back into this as soon as I get home since I am traveling for a week.
I hope to post some results next week.

Thanks again!