Well, yes--but the image didn't render, really, but stopped progressing at 6%. The only thing it updated was the render time accordingly to its progress. The first 4% were rendered in 5 minutes, but the next 2% (mark without anything special in that part of the screen) took 7 hours . . . My guess is that it encountered a loop of death, i.e. reflections that went too deep. Funnily, though, in the area of the screen that 2% took 7h, there was no reflection and no transparencies--they are further down in the image. (glass bottles, reflective floor). I should also add that the very same scene, with different textures and 4 lights less, rendered just fine in about 5h at same quality settings, the day before. ta, -Sascha.rb