>> for example, this one could>> rock my socks off:> >> "render translucent objects with heterogeneous scattering properties">> http://www.pbrt.org/gallery/dragon_subsurf.png> > The algorithm used to create that picture might be cool and all, but> somehow that precise example picture doesn't excite me a lot. It somehow> fails to look photorealistic.
This one looks much better IMO:
http://www.pbrt.org/gallery/01F12.jpg