Originally Posted by
scl.designs
I had a look at your renderings - very impressive! Good detailing too..
As for the bright ground surfaces, are you using a standard material or did you create a new one?
One thing about rendering as i'm sure you know, is that it's hard to know what works for your scene whether it be an exterior or interior scene unless you tweak the settings, so I think if I were you I would play around with the exposure settings because as with photography, when you increase the exposure settings, the image gets darker - i'd also try tweak the 'energy multiplier' setting (lower than the default) because as the name suggests, it multiplies GI and 'ambient' light as well. I'm not that familiar with exterior render settings as I focus more on interiors, so I hope this all helps you - see how you go.