Reflection issue

[alexworx]

Hi All,

I am trying to trouble shoot a few things on my current progress renders. For some reason I cant seem to get reflections on my center bar ( its a hammered type of sheet metal )and some other elements in my scene.
My reflection pass shows that things are very reflective but not showing up in the scene.

Where should I look first?

Thanks

Alex

[jamesf73]

looking at it I would guess that the material is too bright to pick out any reflections on it. the dark beam looks to be receiving a similar amount of reflection, where it is showing up

[Morbid Angel]

I think you need to balance your fresnel with the diffuse. It might be that the diffuse is too strong and the fresnel is also not strong enough. Metals are less diffuse and more reflective.