Ummm, this is gonna sound stupid probably. I've been trying to do some pictures with Bryce4 and Poser4 that have people in the foreground and mountains way off in the distance. But when I try and set up a scene in Bryce4 no matter how far away I drag the mountain landscape it always looks like it's just a few feet away from the people. And the mountains usually get pretty small, even when I enlarge them immensely. Is this mainly a camera placement mistake on my part? If so anyone got any pointers on how to place a camera for such works. In a general sense doesn't have to be exacting... Thanks.

Try increasing Fog and haze to add depth. There's a very nice article on this in the September issue of 3D Artist (sells for around $5) about adding depth and distance effects in Bryce.

Fog and haze, as DD said, are your first and best option. Generally, a lower camera angle helps for deep mountain scenes. Something else that helps for mountains that should have trees is taking your mountain terrain and adding small spikes in the terrain editor. You may want to add noise, too. Then use a texture that has dark green slope accents, this should color the trees. Don't use a perfectly flat terrain for the ground level, make a mountain terrain, enlarge it, smooth it and flatten it. Put this UNDER your mountains so that it extends around the edges and blends one mountain into another. This should more or less replace your ground plane. Also, play around with the ambience/shadow settings. Mountains are big and make big shadows. Adjusting ambience can help with the shadows. One final hint: Buy a book with photographs of mountains. Have it in front of you when you attempt to make a mountainous Bryce scene. Source material ALWAYS helps. For mountain photos, you can't do better than Ansel Adams. Hope this helps. -ScottK