In another thread, Powertec tossed down this gauntlet.
[quote]Think anyone can get Vue to pull this one off?![/quote]

Here's the original rendering, and a wonderful one at that by DandeIO in the Terragen gallery. I've taken his original and resized it to 640 x 480 so as to keep things the correct size. Hope no one minds.

I have to say it is a superb rendering. For starters, Rids says:

[quote]the rock materials are not the problem, its getting the water to look as realistic - this looks a lot easier than it really is.[/quote]

OK, so I'm not going to concentrate on the rock...yet. Here's the first 2 passes in Vue:

I'm not yet satisfied with the water texture.