Lots of good info in this thread.

@ghostship2 - Your render looks well lit - the reason the light meter tells a story of low light is because the sun is behind it and the figure.

If you tilt the meter up so it faces the light a bit more, you'll see it show a much higher response.

I like to see a high-contrast result like yours, where in one direction there is strong light and in another direction it is weak, (but not 0!)

In real life, things are almost never truly black. There is bounced light hitting everywhere, no matter if a camera is unable to record it. But as other have noted, Poser people tend to avoid dark areas but for the wrong reasons, and they add lots of lights from 20 directions, producing lighting that is boring.

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