Yea I agree with the two above, the latest image is close, it killed a lot of the noise. It just needs to get that separation and unity within each of the elements. I think if the cast iron was back lit very subtley it would combine really well with Framedworld's suggestion of allowing the inset lights to illuminate the…
looks awesome, but there is a lot of competing shapes in the scene. I would highlight just the central figure and darken the background, perhaps make it look like the background is illuminating itself with those inset lights. I think the sun shafts lighting everything at the same time really flattens the image. You put so…