Just check this and decide for yourself:
http://www.blenderguru.com/new-blender-competition-photo-realism/comment-page-1#comment-71049
Hi,
i have a suggestion for Andrew.
Andrew, what if you made a sort of badge (like the pro competitions),
that the winners can display on their site or blog as a trophy.
It would be super rad to be able to show off your win.
Greetz,
DWL
(updated) This is my entry! thanks for doing this contest, it gave me a chance to learn some new stuff (depth of field)
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dammit there goes my first place prize 
great model man, looks really good 
its good to see so many newbies on here aswell, nice job andrew on getting more people involved xD
This is my entry.
I would have rendered it until there were no more fireflies if I had a stronger computer (had to render it on the CPU and it took ages).
EDIT: Wait! I have decided to change my entry last minute!
Rendered in BI, 00:07:51.77
Based off of a plan for my future kitchen, originally was just an arch. vis render but decided to replace my contest entry with it cause I thought it looked better.
a wip as part of my interior scene
Good job! Looking really great!
thanks it still needs alot of work, but i made it so it can even be animated the zoom is fully functional
Very cool, but how does that other scene you made fit in here? I can imagine it being part of it as a background, with the camera on a table, but it seems a bit too obvious. Is it going to be a surprise?
no realistic human yet?
or maybe they are still struggling with the SSS and particle hair?
i’ll keep my eyes on this thread,
and participating too, with my first realistic human 
Every time I watch this thread I just can’t stop thinking that if this is what people can do in a few days… what entry’s will be submitted just before deadline 
I’ll try and enter myself as well but I’ll have to wait till the end-of-year exams are done… Haven’t been able to open blender for more then 30 mins straight in a week 
I feel depressed like an addict that has to live without his drug for a week anyways good luck to you all And I’ll keep viewing every day… once or twice a day… every moment I can spare
It’s similar to that but I’m hoping it will be good, I’m going for a third and the seventh look.
I know that is not the prettiest, but it is not bad 
My YouTube chanel: http://www.youtube.com/user/3DTojas
And video for this sword: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgI_pfXlh9E&list=UU6Jv3B43ukJm6XwultWLEEg
SORRY FOR VERY BAD ENGLISH! 
Hi all, here is my work.
The link is for the Ultra HD version.
http://karl-stein.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Moon-Panorama-UHD.png
Good luck to all.
Looks really cool. Have you thought of adding the scabber (pardon spelling)?