OK, take a quick look at this:

http://www.wallpaper.net.au/wallpaper/abstract/Abstract%20Car%20Alpha%20-%201024x768.jpg

So, it's a reflective car. But how do they make it *look* reflective?? I 
mean, it doesn't take much to tell POV-Ray "please compute reflectiosn". 
But that, alone, doesn't make the thing *look* reflective. I've tried 
all sorts of things... but no matter what I scatter around the place to 
reflect off things, they just don't look very reflective. :-(

Also, take a look at

http://www.pixar.com/featurefilms/abl/

OK, so it's a picture of some cartoon characters. And not terribly 
interesting ones. But look at the image itself. It's sharp and crisp, 
but most of all, it looks lushously saturated. How do you *do* that? I 
can never seem to get the lighting right...

Similarly, check this out:

http://www.finalfantasy-spiritwithin.com/www/image14.htm

OK, those clouds would probably give POV-Ray a real headache, but how do 
they get the colours so good? Maybe I just suck at this...

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