MatCreator,

Populus does nice renders....the better ones are in Octane, IMHO.....it's subjective

in the final analysis......to each his or her own. =)

I built an NVIDIA box just so I could use Octane.....just haven't had time yet to do much with it. But I like what I see. 

Shawn,

re: Not voting because they may feel obligated to buy.....it's totally anonymous, so that shouldn't be an issue. 

Are you using any other renderers besides Carrara's?

I've seen some very amazing (if not realistic) renders in Bryce as well, e.g. by Spektyr although that type of render may not be comparable to Lux, Octane, Maxwell, etc. 

But I really hope Paolo will get sufficient positive votes to make it worth his time to create Carrara Reality/LuxRender.