another disturbing effect i have noticed a couple of times, is, that loads of material shaders have an "alternate diffuse" texture or color added which causes the closer objects to another object to be emmitted heavily with light (ie hair hanging close to the head causing a fraction of light close to it...

I usually turn all this things off....

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