I think the nine hour render looks better. It looks more interesting. the last render looks to static...too "pasted on", you know what I mean? I like seeing the reflections in the glass, but if you are trying to cut down on them, perhaps you should use the premium render options 'blurry reflections', 'blurry transmissions', and perhaps setting the total internal reflection'TIR' to something low like 2 or so. you should be able to get away with just selecting 'blurry reflections' to cut down on the amount of reflections you are recieving. HTH big_hoovie