I've already left a few comments in your battles, but I thought I'd chime in here.
This just isn't my favorite from you. I wasn't really sure why I didn't like it, but I'm pretty sure that it's just too big. My favorite part of it by far is your work with the render and the text, but the background work is just too plain for my taste. If you cut down the size, you can minimize the amount of empty space and focus more on the great render and text.
7.5/10.
And, I agree with you that we need more comments on banners. Not enough feedback in this forum.