Quote - Taking this "snapshot" approach just heightens that logic and looses the some of the resolution "clutter" that kills realism.

Agreed.

I went through that thread expecting to find some punchline; some "reveal" post saying "haha, fooled you!".  It never came, and instead my jaw was left hanging as I looked at the WIP snapshots and shots of the wireframe model, and I began to re-evaluate my own approach to achieving realism all this time.

I don't think I had ever laid eyes on a render before that had me so convinced of it's authenticity, or should I say, lack thereof (depends on how you look at it).  So to me, on a personal level, this is most definitely high art.

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