Excellent comparison! From the look of those highlights - I wonder if the main light is too bright - and over-exposing the image (I generally have the main light at about 80% if there are 1 or 2 other lights in the scene). Should also use pure white light (is there a yellow tint to the light?). I wonder if the specular fidderence won't be so much with adjusted lighting? Great stuff.

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