Very nicely done for a first picture. Hausdottir made passed on some valuable tips, so I see no need to comment further there. As for render tips. It is often easier and perfered to render a complexed image in Poser in layers. By this I mean, (for example) set up just the background - props, lighting, camera angle, etc., render and save the image as a high res tif. Import as a background - or (sometimes this works better) paste as texture onto square prop and size and place in scene as desired. Main difference here is that Poser lighting has no affect on imported background, but will have an affect on a textured applied to a square prop (resized) as a backdrop. On some occasions, I even use both, import the background image and then use a resized square with the same background texture on it, made simi transparent (this allows for subdued shadows effects). Most of this is trial an error. There are several advantages to rendering in layers in Poser, not only does it help on render size and time, but it also allows for the use multiple light and/or camera setups for different aspects of the scene you are creating. The real trick of doing this is to think of how the scene should fit together, and getting the lights and camera set up so that one layer blends into the next, etc. until the final look is what you were going for. Hope this helps. Rob