Here is a little project that we sent out for a little public hearing…
Comments and crits are always welcome…
Quite nice!
The only things that bug me, are it all looks a little flat. What render settings are you using?
The Sky is WAY too dark. Doesnt match the scene at all.
And that tree in the middle is see thru and the shadow is all wrong. I take it was PS’ed in. The tree shouldnt be transparent like that.
And the girl and dog need shadow too 
What settings would make it look “flat” Of course I am still using low settings…time permitting…I needed to have these render out at 30 minutes for a high res…the girl has been nixed and of course one of our engineers in charge wanted the tree to look transparent Thanx man…I can post a screenshot of settings if needed
eric, post up you light setup and settings and I will have a look.
E mail me if you prefer
Yeah post what you can… I /We will check it out for you.
It looks like you have no secondary bounces.. similar to the last render you posted awhile back.