ditch the area lights, and add a few wel placed regular ones, if you want a bit of a diffues look, use the same method as photography, stick some bright lights near some foil umbrellas / screens etc
 
Rick
Anthony Bennett wrote in message <36E729E8.7862EA9D@pa nama.phoenix.net>...
Nobody really answered my questions last time. I just added some more brightness to the lights (maybe too much now) and reduce the area lights from 3,3 to 2,2 and removed the normal from my stone. Much faster rendering this time. About 3 hours less. That's good. Or, in spanish "algo es algo, peor es nada".

Enjoy. Comment. Read my post in .general. Thanks.