Thanks for the feedback, rfornasari. I'm not sure I am following you though. The only shadows visible from both windows is the table, and I can clearly see two shadows at different angles, although the angles will be different at the sphere. If both light sources ran parallel, wouldn't that be the exact opposite of the way the light is entering the room? I think I understand your thinking in that all the light is coming from the same direction(the sun) but I'm not sure if that would work in this type of setting. I  will experiment with your idea and rotate both my area lights to point in the same direction (parallel) and see what I get. Thank you for your compliment on correct scaling, although I didn't really have to scale anything :) I also want to lower the value of the back light on the sphere it looks a little bright I think.