Quite a large gap between #1 and #2, huh...

Anyway, this is an updated render of this older work of mine: [link]

I wanted to make the original available as a print, but there were a few nagging issues I always had with the first one. This new version has a few more fellas (with smoother models), a better texture, slightly different angle, and most importantly, Depth Of Field!! Sweet, huh.

Anyway, as before, 3DStudio 7, ambient light and one semitransparent material with a falloff refraction map.

Rendered with mental ray DOF.
Print's image size: 7200 X 4800.
Rendering time 56 hours, 14 minutes, 38 seconds. (Damn, I need a better computer.)