Bathed in light she is pure in thought, heart and soul. ------------------------------------------------- Firstly- I would to say a very big thank you to all the people who view and comment on my images! ^_^ This is my first image in the new year and I have found a new "friend"- Carrara is 'my first love' but when it comes to Bryce- "this could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship!" hahahhaha that quote's from Casablanca in case you didn't know. I love the way bryce 6.1 renders (especially well textured clothing) I would argue that is it better than Carrara when it comes to this. applying basic lighting is much easier- I used a spotlight, made the sun visible and slapped on one of the free HDRI's and played around a bit. Bryce naturally seems to remove grain better- yeah figures look more plastic (unreal) but it's not like I am trying to perfect any kind of realism here- this is just "by-the-way-click- and-drag" lighting. by now you must realise I am bit Lighting obsessed hahahahaha but I would like any kind of criticism to make my images better! (especially the lighting) I am no master at any 3D program yet but it seems like Bryce allows me to do what I really want to do when I need AND want to do it and most importantly: it's easy! Carrara was a bit temperamental but with Bryce I just load it up and render- okay I am blabbing now. Hope you like the image! Utilities used: - figures assembled in Daz the Bryce 6.1 - Lighting and rendering in Bryce 6.1 - Aiko 3 (figure) - Snowbride for A3 (dress) -Dakota Hair