[Bubbaloo]

Ok, I tweaked the glass material per Tom's suggestions, the black plastic material on top of the paperclip dispenser making it less specular and added scratches, the green headphone jack material I added bump to, and the black rings on the headphone jack I made less specular. Also added a warm photo filter in PS.

[ivox3]

Take his other advice and change the lens mm.

* Improving ......

[Bubbaloo]

You think it could use more accurate dof and perspective? Oh, ok. I guess so.

[JCAddy]

Yea, I agree with Ivox and Tom that the mm should change on that lens.

[-Adrian]

Definitely looks more realistic now, keep at it!

[Bubbaloo]

Man, I had the camera Fstop at 30 and the lens at 130 mm. What a putz! Don't know what I was thinking.

[ivox3]

Well .... it creates a nice close-up feel and that's definitely useful for certain purposes. But, ... it doesn't help to convey the 'realness' of a photo. So ..........

[Bubbaloo]

Gotcha. It's rendering with more natural camera settings.

[kami]

130mm could work fine, but I'm sure it'll look much less "flat" if the f-stop was very low for a little DOF

[Bubbaloo]

Ok, here's a new render with different camera settings (sorry about the noise):

[tom]

Now, it's much better.

[daros]

Yes i agree.
It looks like it arrives more light from the left side of your scene, which is good because it articulates and opens the space around your objects.

[Bubbaloo]

Thanks yous twos!

Next up, adding my mp3 player to the scene. I'm almost finished modeling it.

Here: http://www.maxwellrender.com/forum/view ... sc&start=0

[Bubbaloo]

Rendered to S.L. 23 and tweaked the lighting:

[caryjames]

Well, you made me smile! I had a long hard few days came home and checked the forum.... thanks Bubbaloo!