Dark Render with Lights?!

Hey everyone ( anyone ),
I've been working with Daz studio for a bit and been very happy with the results but I've come against a problem.
I tried rendering out a scene last night to find this morning that it came out very dark ( no temperature differences either despite using opposing lights for this purpose ). Oddly the Aux Viewport and regular viewport do resolve a much better colored image. I've attached the pics in my google Drive account. If anyone can offer some suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong between the preivew and the finished product I'd appreciate your thoughts.
Eric
Screen shots can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YjBVjha9177N4M_u53rN_AQa45tBxxWx/view?usp=sharing
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I just want to say that is a heck of a nice image. I guess I don't know enough to help. Do you have Photoshop or comparable? What are you going to put in the transparent area? I don't know what the parenthetical statement ( no temperature differences either despite using opposing lights for this purpose ) means either. Is it IRAY?