3ds Max :: Make Render Look Realistic

I am trying to make my render look realistic, like a photo and am having some trouble finding the write settings to play with.

I think you just need to use the render setup, lighting and environment & effects. Please see what I used bellow. what settings I have over used, under used or not used to achieve a realistic looking image.

- Some textures need to be fixed, but I am having trouble with the leather. I have used the A&D leather template with mid level reflections, high samples, A/O and a bumb. Also a light and dark texture in the diffuse slot with (Ambient/Reflective Occlusion)

Used settings:

- Photometric Lights
- mental ray
- FG - medium
- 5 bounces
- Noise filtering High
- GI mulitplier and photons per sample up
- max num. photons per sample few 1000
- Average GI photons per light up a few 1000
- Decay

- render elements:

- Global tuning all around 2
- mitchell
- Contours
- displacement sudiv max

- Effects - brightness and contrast
- mr photographic exposure control
- with preset, photographic exposure, image control