Benboom,

There is a llght parameter that controls the strength of a shadow. It is called "Shadow". If it is not set to 1, the shadow is weaker than it should be.

If it that isn't it, I have on rare occasion found Poser confused about a light, and it was producing weak shadows even when it is the only light, as if the Shadow value was less than 1. In such cases I delete all lights and add one new light and test render. This usually fixes it.

What version of Poser are you using? Which service release? (menu Help/About will tell you product name (like Poser 8) and version number is at the button, something like 8.0.2.10435).

In the render above, I really need to know everything about each light, and also the materials.

Don't type - screen grab. If using a full screen capture, crop to just the light parameters and save as JPEG and attach to your post. Also show light properties.

By the way, in the last render, the side of the temple opening above his head is black not just because it is in shadow, but also because the side of the stone is not facing the light. When a surface faces away from the light, the light arrives at a very shallow angle and is weak. This is how things work in real life, assuming there is no light bouncing around from nearby objects.

However, a real temple would have secondary light bounced around from other surfaces, and that surface would not be near black at all. How to deal with this depends on whether you have Poser 8 or not. With Poser 8, you'd enable IDL and realism would jump up a lot. With other versions of Poser, you need to set up an IBL, and you must do it properly.

Since I don't know your version of Poser, and I don't know what lights you have there and what are the parameter and properties, I can only keep telling you tons of general stuff which will make your head explode. I could write 100 pages on lighting for you right now, because all the knowledge is present and organized in my head. I've experimented with Poser lighting and shaders for over 6000 hours and I know more than anybody except Stefan Werner who works for SM and maintains and improves the Firefly renderer. But you're not ready to receive all that. So if you want to solve this, you must show me everything, instead of me telling you everything that could be wrong.

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