Why not? As far as yoru long render goes one thing you have to think of in Bryce is to render efficiantly. Only have the amout of antialiasing that you need. Don't use volumetrics unles you need them. Sort of like gaming graphics but thinking of rendering effects instead of polygons. I have used Bryce since Bryce 1. It is nto a do everything package. It is really too slow to do animation and the tools for animation are weak. It does rendering well and terrain well.Some modelling tools are there and can be used effectively if you lean them. Working with the lattice is an art and you should learn. The lighting effects is good the control over textures is really great. I get a lot of milage out of diffusion and specularity maps it takes away some of the computer look. Many other programs dont have mapping abilities in those channels. Also another thins is the Blended trasparency funtion that can be used to great effect. To get the most ot of it you will still need a modeller.

The wit of a misplaced ex-patriot.
I cheated on my metaphysics exam by looking into the soul of the person next to me.