I've been rendering some of my old images as zazzle posters, but when I came to
render this one I decided it just didn't look good enough. So I spent a few
hours re-working it, then a few more hours optimising the scene so the render
time was much faster. And then started a render at 7800x5200...

...then 5 days of rendering...

...But it got stuck near the end! After a few days of trying different things I
worked out what the problem was, and rendered the remainder of the image with
some different settings...

...2 more days...

And finally I had both bits of the image, but the low quality settings I've used
on the media meant the bottom section was slightly lighter than the top! So I
then spent an hour trying to hide this in paint shop pro (hey I'm not going to
spend another week rendering just to fix that!).

Anyway, I'm really happy with the result. It's much closer to my original idea
for this image. By way of comparison I've attached both versions, and there are
huge differences between them. There's still some small errors and some ideas
I'd like to work on, so I might revisit it again some time.

So what do you think?
Was it worth the effort?

BTW, if you *really* like it, the poster is available here:
http://www.zazzle.com/contributors/products/gallery/browse_results.asp?cid=23849
5303947008907

--
Tek
http://www.evilsuperbrain.com

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