Quote -  Also, your shadows might be turned too high. Under the light parameter tab look for "Shadow". Be default, it is set to "1" which is unnaturally high. Sunlight has a Shadow of .912.  The lower you set it, the dimmer the shadow will appear in a render. Play with that and see what you'll like.

On the second tab of the light is Properties. On it you'll find the blur radius. For Ray-traced shadows it's set at "0) which means hard-edged shadows (Which occur in a hard vacuum!). The higher the blur, the softer the edge is.

Play with those two, and some fill lights and you'll do fine!:laugh:

I've forgot all about changing the light properties.  Thanks for pointing that out.  I've spent too much time in the materials room.  Adjusting the blur radius seems to give the best result.