Same material looks different on different mesh

Support Materials and Textures
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I only have one material and made sure to apply it to both meshes. However, even though it is the same material, they look totally different. Here is a picture and .blend file. It would be great if someone could make sense of why the two meshes look so different when rendered.

Picture

Screen Shot 2014-03-18 at 7.07.17 PM.png1520×819 142 KB

.blend
https://mega.co.nz/#!GoIn1RIT!EyFxRNAynPIplWz5ZtJPJiv_x1ETYq8MOHRhgkUF-0Q

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My default ‘recalculate normals’ didn’t work but eventually I just flipped the normals. Worked.