Limit brightness

[lcrivell]

Hi,
I am currently working on modeling and rendering the earth, however I am unable to control the amount of brightness in the reflections.
In the attached image, the sun (VRay spherelight) is above the earth, but despite I've set the reflection to 0 and refraction to 0, I still see the too bright reflection. How can I do to suppress/limit this reflection ?
(of course reducing the light will give me a too dark earth).




Thanks for your help.

[vlado]

Is it really a reflection? What does the reflection render element look like?

Best regards,
Vlado

[Dariusz Makowski (Dadal)]

It looks to me like its hotspot from light...

[lcrivell]

It looks to me like its hotspot from light...

Is there any way to remove this hotspot ?

[Dariusz Makowski (Dadal)]

move light further away from sphere. U can make it then bigger to compensate for distance that should soften the look and hotspot...

[lcrivell]

Is it really a reflection? What does the reflection render element look like?

Best regards,
Vlado

Good catch. I looked at the reflection render element and it's fully black. The spot is in the lighting element. Will try to apply Dadal's proposal. Thanks.

[lcrivell]

move light further away from sphere. U can make it then bigger to compensate for distance that should soften the look and hotspot...

I moved it a lot further and increased his radius. The look is indeed soften, but my white spots are still there (slightly lower though). Will try to see if I can live with this. Thanks !