I really don't see how you could possibly keep arguing against realism when you have been sporting that realism banner in your siggy for a while now. I really havn't seen you make ANYTHING good, so I don't think you have room to put down my work either. And I also laughed at how you tried to guess at what I did in my current because it's not a lense flare, it's a c4d and I didn't do soft white brushing anywhere. I'm not new either, I've been doing this for like 2 years and I have experimented with all kinds of styles.
Realism is great for learning how to work with lighting, stock placement, etc. but other than that realism is just unneeded and getting to be whored. If you a full on photomanipulation that has the realism aspect AND is large art, I'm all for it, but I am beginning to hate realism sigs...