Thanks for the reply. Render diagnostics didn't show anything up other than recommendations to lower the tesselation on some parts of the scene. As for auto exposure. I've taken a look and the only time i see auto expousure is when you use Maya's default node, shaderGlow1. I am using a glow, though it's not visible in the frames i posted but i used a light and opticalFX and i don't see any options stating auto expousure. Only where i mentioned above?