Escher’s Waterfall is easy enough to construct in axonometric projection, but much more difficult to render in Bryce 7, which has the rather peculiar limitation of a camera field of view of just 1°. A funny detail: with this focal length, roughly equivalent to a 1200 mm lens on full frame, the real-world depth of field would be infinitesimal. But Bryce’s depth of field is virtual, so I was able to blur the background quite nicely and make the foreground stand out. As you probably know, Escher’s original drawing is in portrait format, whereas I converted it to landscape. What I have always liked most about the landscape version is actually the background rather than the foreground: those cultivated terraces climbing up the slope. I tried to expand and reinterpret them, and I had a lot of fun doing it. Technically speaking, I could spend the whole of next winter refining and enriching those terraces. So, in the end, this is still a work in progress. I simulated radiosity using semi-reflective materials. Good old Bryce still has a lot to say. The subtle, print-like hatching was added in FotoSketcher. Everything else is pure Bryce. I hope you enjoy the work that went into it, and my little homage to the great Escher.