The title of this image is a reference from the consequence of a lot of problems here in Brazil, as bad public politic, apathy from society… I could spend my life saying problems That graffiti on the wall is from Bansky, a street artist.
I imagined you had that in mind. You hide though nice details. At least, the street light could be on to give little more brightness. By the way, nice adjustment, blndr08.
Very atmospheric work. The textures on your buildings are impressive. I agree with MarcosV: light from a streetlight, for instance, can be used to highlight the details you want highlighted and you can use negative lights to make some areas darker.
Negative lamps are very useful tools, but I forgot it completely. Maybe it’s because I use BI just for some simple test. Thanks for remember! I try to make a good lightning scene, but some shadows are upseting me (because it was too much), so I reduce a lot of lights on the scene. In the end, the whole atmospheric work was done in Nodes compositor.