I have always had a passion for bryce, I think it has such an easy interface to use and the abstracts you can create with the program are so easy to create.

I think I have tried all the major players out there in the 3d graphic world and the main 5 programs I keep coming back to are :

povray (fantastic piece of software and the one I started out with)
bryce
vue
terragen
mojoworld

So bryce will always have a place in my toolbox, although am doing stuff with vue at present.

thanks