Hmmm... about my earlier post... Don't get me wrong. I really like your lighting. It's really just the direction of the shadows that's a little strange to me. It looks like there is a powerful and low light source off by the table casting them. It kind of looks like its the candle - which would be odd. I was just thinking that it might look more natural if it looked like the flames or an overhead light source were casting the primary shadows. When lighting flames with radial lights I like to keep the lights set at a 25 unit strength or less generally, and I give the light an orangish gray color. I use the darkness of the color as well as the unit strength to control the brightness of the light. If the scene is still too dark after adding the flame lights, then I begin carefully adding other lights to simulate reflected light and other light sources that might be in the evironment but not within the camera's view. I don't see why you couldn't use a very low value for soft shadows on the flame lights, but it isn't always necessary. Sometimes the sharp shadows look better. Again... Great work!!! Feel free to tell me to shut up. I'm never quite sure if I should have kept my big mouth shut. :-)