Wow!!!!

Both images are just incredible!

@grafikeer - that is a cool looking effect you've got there. I will have to try it. While it does have the moon/sun show up very well, it doesn't have the night-time glow about it that I'm after. I'm looking for a more ethereal quality with the night-time scape, which orbital has captured very well with the blue tinge to everything.

I think I would be putting the stars in during post-work unless tweaking with Bryce's settings make them look more like stars and less like little dots on the screen. I have a plug-in for Photoshop that makes very realistic stars so I can sneak them in there. :)

@ orbital - that is exactly the kind of look I'm after! The night-time glow, the bright moon, the wisps of cloud and the ethereal glow that shines over everything. A cool white light would be better, but the blue does look incredible!

I will give it another try today to recreate the scene... but I'll probably have to send up a flare for some advice with what options for the sky and such that you used. But if you got the intensity of the image from post-work, then I won't worry so much if my renders don't look right with being dull and flat. (A purple moon might be a bit of an issue though)