Technically I would say Posers renderer isnt up to the job. Ive just decided to give up on ever trying to do an "out-of-the-box" Poser render. I will put it through some heavy processing and repainting afterwards, never mind what they say about Pure Poser in the gallery. A picture needs grain, light and dark, shadow, depth, focal length and character. Poser cant do it, it just isnt up to it. People need also to make more use of lighting, more coloured lights in a scene, more variety, more bounced and backlights. Get Jeremy Birns book on lighting. Another intangible is character, nobody ever seems to spend any time on making a character "Live". No wrinkles or frowns, no sweat or strain. In the gallery there are pictures of Warriors fighting all manner of Demons and they have an expression like theyre playing Golf. Im still trying to make something I consider worth putting in the gallery but when Im ready it will be something Ive really worked on. Whether it is any good or not well that is for others to decide, I will know at least Ive tried. I dont even think realism is what people should aim for in this stuff, just something with dynamics.