ok, firstly as you noted the lighting is all wrong, it dosnt even look like
the candles are emmiting the light, try placing scaled area lights (3x1
vertical strip) inside the flames (and set the flames to no-shadow), then
maybe use a fill area light above and behind the camera to brighten things
us a tad.

rip the floor plane out and use a box (or box shaped super elispe) even if
the far edge is only just visable it will look better

apple & narna look good - nice texturing :)

make the candles pure white, and the book texture needs lightening up -maybe
loose or lessen the bump map - looks more like that lumpy wallpaper

maybe move the wine glass more central so it looks part of the scene (dont
forget thos caustics - photons!)

candle sticks and bowl are very nice - dont mess with them yet!!

the wood texture needs to be scalled up slightly, even if it looks larger
than it should be it will look better

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as always if i come across a bit strong, i would expect no less of my own
images (carnt abide damn faceless 'yes' men)

Rick

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