I have been working on and off on dense forests in Bryce for almost a year and am about to throw my hands up in defeat. I have practically memorized JBAs tutorial but I am just not creating the effect I want. I duplicate trees until I am blue in the face, turn off the atmosphere and light the scene myself.. and I still hate the results. Then I see Laurie S's work and I get really discouraged. ;)

Does anyone have any links to a tutorial other than JBAs that might help me out? And, could anyone who has done a dense forest image or two give me an idea of how many objects they use? Maybe I am just not using enough objects.

I haven't even GOTTEN to vegetation on the forest floor yet.. still trying to get the silly trees to look right. ;)

Any help is deeply appreciated.