Improved the render over breakfast this morning

Bags are all packed and I’m ready to leave but couldn’t resist playing with the render over breakfast this morning. The result is vastly superior but there are still problems that need fixing; the shadows are too hard, the reflections are wrong, and I’m loosing a lot of saturation.

Original Photograph

Background photograph

Initial Test Render

Improved Render

At least, thanks to the shadows, it doesn’t look like the balls are floating any more. Perhaps then it’s not light, but shadow that holds the key?