danyduquette8 wrote:1 : the brown floor (warm colour) VS grey floor (pale colour) that killed the natural contrast...
Welcome to the thread! I basically agree, and the issue has been discussed here before by @piranorton and others.
But that picture of Daruma Rai is no longer representative. In the recently filmed videos (Emma Evans and later) they added a darker mat under the model. You can see the difference in this picture, with the original bright floor on the sides:

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I believe they made that change after reading the critique here. And adding a darker mat under the model is exactly what some of us suggested. It's an improvement, maybe not as good as the brown wooden floor but still much better.
They also made the blue box darker, also after critique here, and also an improvement, but less so. The blue box still lack the feeling of confinement in a closed space I want to see in a gloryhole scene, and the type of lighting also matters.
(As a side note I believe that the lighting and colorgrading also had/has a lot to do with the lack of contrast to the bright floor, but a darker floor is better in any case)