I didn't use lo-res models as the tiny trees in the background, so this image had over 22 trillion polygons. (69.6 trillion when rendering the dynamically generated parts.) Defiantly NOT a model of efficiency.

The original concept was more powdery splashes of color. But in compromising with the contrast I wanted, it ended up looking like damage from an intergalactic paintball war.

I was trying to rush out the door for a business trip, but had to wait for this one to finish rendering.

This image rendered for three days on 4 computers before crashing, and losing all the work. I rendered again at wallpaper sizes only, just to get it online. I may never try rendering a commercial version of this one again.

I needed another image for my YouTube video of fractals, so I dug this out of my archive. I don't know why I didn't use this one sooner, it even animated great.

I kept most of the test renders to experiment with making a slideshow of it's creation. It showed me I rendered over 90 test renders.

A still life arrangement of Poppies, I expected this to render without the difficulty of some of my more complex images, but it turns out the hairy stems using complex displacement maps to create the hair, never rendered he way the preview versions did.

I had hoped my new computer I ordered would be here to help render. But thanks to a recall at Intel, it never made it past assembly.

Here is the image I happened to be finishing up on Earth day. An uncorrupted river snaking through a forest.