WOW...incredible work.....I think the image is very close if you had my trees. (I noticed you had like 231 billion polys!)

I will never just use the base setting in an atmosphere again...

I will be using a check list on all this new info....

This really is an intensive thread!

One of the things that really scares me is in the FX world.......the post sup or superviser will zoom in %200 and inspect your matte....(they will definitely flag alot of images on the forums for stupid stuff)......its really important to hammer out all these render options....(this has become a very valuable thread)