I don't know what I can offer regarding verbiage simplification, humorix! :) But I do have an opinion or two. First, when I rather presumptuously restated your challenge, I mentioned "as little postwork as possible" because you were keen on 100% Bryce images, or at the least images which really stretch Bryce's capabilities. In this context, I would rule out compositing. Don't get me wrong; I'm a rather recent convert to the amazing Bryce-augmenting wonder that is compositing, and a big fan; but even though, as you correctly point out, this means less spectacular images for those who don't have workhorse computers, the point of a challenge is to do the best you can with what you have. If the scene a challenger envisions falls outside the parameters of a challenge, then it's a scene to do some other time. If the scene isn't complete without serious postwork --compositing, hair painting, blurring, texture additions ("fixing" foliage, etc.)-- then it's not the right scene for this challenge. Heck, I'd probably rule out just about anything except a little motion blur or lens flare. If we really want to stretch ourselves and Bryce, then let's throw away those crutches. For myself, the scene I'm working on will be 100% Bryce, no postwork except to put my name on it.