I do actually agree, I think I forgot to add the bump map in that render. It dose soften the highlights, just the defuse channel plugged into the displacement. Now if only I could model a horse as beautiful as the one in that photograph. That is a stunning image. Part of the issue is I now have so many files in different places its getting hard to keep track of them all. Initially I was keeping every thing "horsey" in one place, all the tree info in another etc. just to make finding stuff easer but no that elements are strating to be combined I keep loosing references. Time to consolidate I think and put everything in one working directory.
Richard