"the key word in that is look you have no prof" He isn't accusing you of anything, so dont get all defensive. "effect would make the sig messy and it would take the focal point away from the render" The aim of tag making it to display your style and management of effects in a small confined space. As for reviews. The first really lacks, it needs more, hit the tutorial section Second has nice lighting but most of that is in the trees again try some tutorials in the tut section to learn some more basics.
One thingy, you have an option called my controls, so you don't have to attach an image everytime you make a post .
its just if you come in i expecting you to give me ideas or say hit some more tut no just say they look stock he could have sayedd how to make them look lease stock so may bad for my defensives
They don't look like stock images to me, they look like somebody else's work, have you gotten permission to use them?