I really hate having to ask you folks all these questions, especially since I have been using Carrara for so long but I seem to be having one of THOSE weeks, where C6 just doesn't want to cooperate.  I know you all probably have better things to do, but I am pulling my hair out over this render.

First I hadthat weird spot problem, which made me delete all but the most basic of lighting, then I had the speed issue, which finally up when I completely recreated the scene.  Now I am having another lighting issue.  If I use the my scene preview from the realistic sky editor, it looks great.  But with any other render, rest or full, It looks like the female model has no lighting at all.  I will attach a few images to let you see what I mean. 

I am using one light, a single sun light which is in front of the model and targeted at her.  I have global brightness punched up a bit, and I have the ambient light set to 30%, and still all  get is what looks like a dark silhouette.  Any suggestions?

Rich

This is what I get on the sky editor...