Great image, but I really need to know what tune it's playing?

Amazing image. Really nice focus and design. Great realism.

Couldnt believe this wasn't a real photo at first.
great job!

This is gorgeous. Good luck Author.

Great work, and it does look quite real!

Great!! It´s a very nice image.

good work superb

Excellent idea, superb quality image and even a pretty good SBS .. Very nice work here, the final image is just awesome.

outstanding pic, looks very real.

Very nicely crafted image, composition lighting and modeling are quality! (Nice to see no stretched materials and distortion) Great use of D.O.F. and procedural textures. And a pretty informative S.B.S
Good job artistic entry!!

Stunning work....Great image....GL author...

Amazing work...best of luck

very nice job -- the focus makes this very realistic -- great attention to detail

wow, i have to say, this image looks so real

Congrats for 1st place, really great job.

Congrats superb image!!

Congrats, super work

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!!!!!

cool

awesome!!! very Creative!!

Great work...good luck author

This is really quite brilliant, excellent job.

I know....I used to play Mechanix....Great work.....

wow..just terrific...great textures, lighting and model! I would love to produce a work like this!

Beautiful work. Like looking at toystory.

great work

Amazing

Nice one good luck to you author

Congrats, this is really wonderful

Congrats!

Congrats for your first place, Falkor!

LOLOLOLOLOLOL

uproarious entry !!! GL author

LOL this is so funny Nice job.

Construction is very well done with an original and funny idea

Fantastic work author...very funny and great executed...good luck

Fantastic!

Funny!

Nicely done!

Nice job author

It's nice. I imagine that if the Pixar make it a character in their film, what the dog will talk...? hehehehe...

Thanks everyone, I'm glad you all like him.

Very cool work, love it.

Funny concept.

Good one buddy! GL

Awesome work, congrats

Congrats on 1st ..........

Beautifully done, love the name, very funny and original entry.