Artur,

Yeah the image plane was for some fill. It comes from being a Maya Mental Ray user.......(I like to light with Area lights) the are very similar to kinoflows (which are commonly used on set )...you might have found the reason that file is going through the roof......

Chip recommends using a 2nd sun...but I didnt notice any power controls on the 2nd sun.

So what did you do about those custom trees I bought? I was going to send one to the Ranch full radiosity...with your settings........but if the ranch doesnt have those assets.....it wont render the right trees.....

Have you ever used the renderfarm ranch? (Also dont kill yourself with all this work)(although it is kind of fun to really test Vue no?)