The Universe

Thanks Yeah, I am lacking some realism here. lol I'll try and make another one, maybe by looking at some space pics. Thanks.

Space is big... really big... erm... so anyway, I'd go for using an extremely wide angle on your camera. If you set up your atmosphere with some colour perspective and use just the right amout of haze you can get some interesting effects around really bright stars with the wide angle. Avoid commets - just in case you were tempted - the sky lab ones I mean. Try to get really harsh lighting, no ambient light in the shadow regions of your planets/moon - think of the moon when it is half you can barely see the other half if at all - just stark light or no light. Get things really contrasty use gamma correction on the final image to boost the difference. And yes, mostly everything that has gone before... Take a look at Horo's pics and his site, this is something he's into so there should be clues aplenty there. Infinity and beyond!

turn off Set the sky to custom and make everything black, and turn off haze =) SHould look better.

Well, the cloud cover and the mist on the ground somehow do not fit a space scene. If the cloud cover is in fact a large body, then it should be curved. And there are too many bodies too near together.