Renderdog wrote:
  This
> is one of the few images this round that brought out a strong nostagic
> feeling for an old technology.

Which I had expected to be the dominant approach.

> 
> Some of the colors seem a bit strong, and the lighting is washed out a bit,
> leaving some of the objects floating. But there's also many very good bits
> of lighting and shading that look photorealistic.

I agree.  For some reason the overall effect doesn't square with my own 
memories of such a scene.  I remember the mahogany and metal parts as 
darker, more dense, somehow.

  The tubes are excellent,

There is quite a bit of clever modelling going on.

> and the use of photons for the reflected/refracted light looks great. I
> would have liked to read some technical descriptions of the methods used
> for lighting, texturing, etc., in the description text.
> 
> The lighting seems unusually bright. After so many "too dark" images, it's
> nice to see the brilliant colors, but some of the lighter objects seem to
> glow a bit more than natural.
> 
> 
I agree.

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