No Mental Ray (Software Render)

I finally did a software render using Raytracing alone... (sigh)

I've concluded that mental ray is really a daylight rendering engine, and doesn't lend itself to any sort of 'dramatic' or warm set lighting... thought??

look of shock

Ugh--I think that I might have to bag the mental ray on this particular scene. There's way too much bleed and aliasing going on here. But I'm liking the worried unicorn better...