wow... so beautiful...

i'm with lamantine on this one

The shadows seem a bit off.. but the actual insect is very well made. Good luck!

Awesome awesome awesome! The only thing I could say is that the material is a bit reflective so it looks a bit like plastic. Maybe bring down the refraction/reflection.

the insect is really beautiful ............. all the best to u author .............

*speechless*

Thanks guys .
I have adjusted the shadow a bit - (removed lower light source and changed from buffered shadows to ray shadows). I hope they look better now.
I set the specularity and its hardness really high because the ladybeetles in my reference photos are actually really shiny when the sun is on them.
I have just added some subsurface scattering to the shell.

Really great job

This is outstanding. Good luck!

You have an incredible sense of color which help you enorm. I have to work twice or more for a mediocre result. How much do you want to share this secret with me ?
Reflections are still to strong IMO. Your program ( you still work in Bryce ? ) have for sure settings for specular light or highlight, play with.
Your work is too good to not be perfect.

fantastic

I gave up on Bryce ages ago, currently using Blender.
Ok, I've decreased the specular a bit. I also just added a bit of reflection in the eye using HDRi image (top middle image of source).

Very Good work author.Good luck

Great work author...I like bug very much,great details and perfect for,.Just one nit pick,adjust shadow just a bit.With this lighting shadow is to much sharp and dark,lover the opacity of shadow and blur the edges just a bit...Any how,high marks from me...Good luck

thanks erathion, I have changed spot light into area light.

Looks great author....

this looks like an original one... good job and good luck....

Great work -- detail colour all great

Lovely work, very realistic.....GL

Very reliastic work.......Good Luck Author.

nice

Congrats, it really is beautiful

Congratulations for 1st, super job.

congrats ..............

Congrats! for 1st place

Congratulations!!!

looks like a piece of candy.. Like you could pop it in to your mouth and chow down.. wonderful

congrats... you deserved it...

Congratulations!!!!!