Hi Gang, good to join you over here.  I am finally beginning to get some decent results with Reality/LUX after many poor attempts.  I guess I expected it to just be easier but it's been a real struggle for me.

Here is a recent effort, using a mesh light camera left for the main, and another camera right for fill.  These take many hours to render, so I am beginning to plan for a more powerful machine.  I have not had any luck using GPL with Reality/LUX, but at least since giving that up the dreaded fireflies have not returned.  I know I need to go through and edit many of the materials changing them from glossy to matte, etc.

Regards,

  ~ Russ (a.k.a. Ansel)