Rendering Critique

[jsimanyi]

Adam - I honestly find yours to be a bit more appealing than many of the modified ones. The issues are diminishing rapidly, and it feels pretty natural. The only oddities I personally see are:

Faux suede on stools. Add a bump map. Almost any random noise generated in a photo program can be resized to give them a bit more character.

The blue lights overpower the rest of the scene. You might try darkening the material, playing with emmisivity, reflectivity etc. to make them look a bit darker overall.

Although I am impressed with the options available through Photoshop et al, I really prefer to see a decent rendering straight out of PovRay and Chief.

You're narrowing in on a great image - keep us posted.

John S.

P.S. ...and I like the floor now!