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I am trying to render a suspended lamp made of spherical glass with led source inside. Here is my reference image:Refernce image

I have modeled a very simple object made by 3 elements: - Light source: An hemisphere with emission material, like is in real world (see this diffuser for led: http://download.khatod.com/documents/pljt20_test_report.pdf). Light orange in the image. - A painted metal tube for suspension (dark orange in the image) - A glass sphere diameter 7.5cm with hole inside, like is in real world (black in the image). The glass is 3cm thick.

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And this is my result (5000 sample), quite disappointing. enter image description here I tried many variants with Light Path in the glass material, different glasses roughness... without results.

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How can I improve? I would like my glass sphere will be "real". Many thanks!

Blend file:

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    Could you upload blend file to http://blend-exchange.giantcowfilms.com? It's hard to tell without some experiments. – cgslav Aug 01 '18 at 15:37
  • Hi, here is the blend: The HDRI is missing for file weight reasons. Thanks! – Project Aug 02 '18 at 10:30
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    I'm not entirely sure how this lamp should be built but I think the solution for your problem would be to add thickness to the glass part - separate it from the rest and add solidify modifier with 1-2mm. Also try to use only glass shader for it. – cgslav Aug 02 '18 at 10:49

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