Thanks Hetzen for your suggestions. In one sense, I have no intention of giving up on the scene, as I like the result already, even if it lacks scope for development into a render where realism is evident at every scale. I like to try to milk as much as possible from a scene, and reducing the cloud coverage, for example, also gives a result worth further improvement (see below). I think I need to clarify something about the competition rules with Frank via personal communication before I decide which way I'm going to proceed.