Nice one - I like the composition & perspective.

HDRI seems to render faster than Vue atmospheres as well. The only problem is finding one that matches your render idea. From the samples I've seen, Dosch has some really excellent ones but definitely not free.

C8P sounds promising indeed. I'm using Vue 6, so I don't even know what improvements they've made in their version 8. There's an unlimited (watermarked) demo, but still too much I need to learn about Vue 6 (and C6P as well obviously).

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