The lighting controls are infinitely superior to any other program out there, IMHO. If you look at some of the recent images in my gallery, youll see that lighting is very important to my work, and Bryces lighting capabilities are sine qua non when it comes to the kind of subtlety I need. Beyond that, theres just a certain feel, for lack of a better word, to a Bryce render that I cant get in any other 3D software. I use perhaps ten to 12 packages, depending on what I need, but I always come back to Bryce for the final presentation render. Yes, its an inexpensive program, but it has enormous capability, and the fact that I create my raw models (sometimes) in other (far more costly) programs doesnt deter from the fact that you simply cannot beat the look of a Bryce render.