Thanks for the replies. Like I said I’m working on them. I would appreciate some advice. I’m not sure about my caption either. If any of you have a better one, I would love to hear it.
The can might look better with an envmap - static or loaded - and with the Spec, Hardness, and SpTr (maybe?) fairly high. You might want to work these changes on top of the first version of the picture - the darker can.
give the metal part of the can a better looking aluminum texture, here is a can that i made awhile back, http://www.angelfire.com/pa5/pontiac/pepsican.html it actually came out somewhat realistic looking, and i didn’t even try to get it that way.
needs to be more shiny. I would also change the ingredients. You started out with “Very Low Polygons” but then just listed normal soda ingreedients. Try listings some of the features
nice job, now all you need to do is make a really-hi-res one and print it out on a poster and put it up at your school or work.