Trying to achive better reflections and flooring

[kubbek]

When you say to buy a B&W version of the diffuse in the fresnel reflection slot, which slot do you mean? Parallel or Perpendicular? Or do you mean the IOR or Reflect IOR?

From my experience it is easier to achieve good results with a light b&w version in perpendicular slot. But you could also experiment with some dark version in parallel.

[Micha]

Thanks. I could probably change the color of my direct light to a light blue. That might change the overall temperature a bit to make it less warm. Also, what are you saying to do after I make the ground more reflective?

Natural would to have a light cold env color and a warm directional (sun) light.

I don't like to see the HDRI env at my studio ground here, so I set an own env at the ground material options - black or white, like you like.