I think Paolo puts it best and my being a concept based "Artist" I don't not always need to produce the slickest renders to gain fans or clients. My older renders are still very much being favored on D/A and Flickr. Reality just gives me that extra ooomph where I need it like for glass. As for characters they still look like renders and not human beings for the most part.  If one does not have human figures or perhaps from a certain angle or back a render can really emmulate a photograph...

 

Big koodos to Paolo for making Reality do great things out of the box....