problem seeing object lit through glass

V-Ray V-Ray for 3ds Max Issues
1

I have an object behind a piece of glass, it is being lit, but appears dark and the material is muted

the glass has 100% refraction and low reflection with affect shadows turned on on the glass

but to no avail

any ideas what i am doing wrong here?

2

looks like aporblem with the lighting, jumped the gun on that