Below is attached my part and all the settings for the scene as well as my rendering and the image I want the rendering to look like. I have spent endless hours reading on this forum, changing settings, adding lights, changing scenes, removing lights, changing materials and I can never get it to look like the image. The rendering makes it look like there are no curves and that it is a matte surface. Please could anybody maybe take the scene and show me what I am doing wrong, it would be greatly appreciated
-Owen.
Owen.. a few things come to mind,..
1 - environment = try a hdri with high contrast (I attached zip of the whole scene and hdri)
2 - rotate the environment (each degree can change the look)
3 - reflection.. increase if needed (helps to enhance.. also increase light if needed)
4....also.. if you need to highlight the underside... add a point light.. (see below)
..and yes,.. tweak, tweak, tweak....