RobF wrote:
> Hi,
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> I'm looking for constructive criticism to improve this image.
> I'd like to improve the radiosity (currently using Radiosity_IndoorLQ), but
> not clear on which settings to tweak.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Rob.
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Lovely scene.  Very complete. Great detail.  The expression and 
sentience of the figure very believable.  The composition and lighting
looks solid.

So any crits assume a high level of accomplisnment and seem more about
fine tuning what the ultimate "expression" of the image.

If photorealism is the intention, it doesn't look photographic to me and 
so I find the focal blur a bit distracting.  It looks more 
painterly-real, if you will, in the style of Edward Hopper.  I think 
this is because of the figure.  It has a very believable physical 
presence but not a photoreal presence and probably it will stay that 
way.  It is as if you had to sacrifice the one to get the other.

You might be able to boost the (photo)realism by:

- gaining more foreground tactility ... perhaps you could get more out 
of the wood grain of the desk

- make her sweater completely black so to eliminate some of the 
modelling awkwardness around the shoulder

That's as far as my thoughts go at the moment.  It really has a 
Hopper-like feel.

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