@yukinoh1989 Weird, it’s there for me when I load up your file, but yes you’re correct that it’s supposed to be there. How bizarre. Though even without the denoising your render looks good so it’s not always a be all end all situation.
You pumpkin certainly looks good! Lovely expression, though I’d recommend adding some thickness via a solidify modifier (this’d require to apply the subsurf and shrinkwrap though, so act accordingly). Overall I wish you the best of luck in the competition, see you there!