StBH Honeymoon lighting test [updated!] (Patreon)

Hey there, so I'm getting started rendering images for the new chapter of Satisfying the Boss's Hunger! Just showing some render comparisons. I was going to say that I might have to use the lower-quality lighting, because of all the issues I was having with extreme, exaggerated highlights in the high quality renders, but I just figured out a way to fix it. So HQ all the way!

[EDIT: Did another render, I got the high-quality version of the lighting to work without all the white spots! The above image, and the downloadable frame00001, haven't had any post-work done (well, aside from the post-processing effects that are built into the renderer. But no photoshop!) Grain is minimal, and it only took a little over an hour to render. Looks like Path Tracing is back on the menu, boys!]