Thanks for your comment on Cerulean Skies! It just took a lot of meticulous subtle changes to the terrain, water, camera..etc It's sculpted not a REM btw :) The render time was about 51 minutes, and I have a pretty decent system.
"Tall ships and tall kings three
times three. What brought they
from the founded land over the
flowing sea? Seven stars and
seven stones, and one white
tree."-The Lord of the Rings