HDRi
Mowed Meadow, Unclipped Full Range
Get this HDRi100% linear 32bit workflow, full EV range, 20k resolution. USE UNCOMPRESSED 32bit ORIGINAL FILE FOR THE BEST RESULT.
Color-graded 20k JPG panorama and background photos:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BXH2BdJirdknk6BCypvG25L_D5PVM36u
Tutorial on how to set nodes with JPG background panorama:
https://youtu.be/aj0LoQLjgYo
Test render 1:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XKUT1ITyKMBWZXhmRiZG6X0QfoFuC4TY
Test render 2:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p3zGgpksyA3TWoBrF3U9EIS8rELd8l9n
11:00, Late summer, thin clouds.
A freshly mowed meadow with green grass. A small village is visible about 2 km away. The entire area is surrounded by trees at varying distances. The sun is quite high in the sky, casting short, sharp shadows.
Sun is unclipped, so in Cycles, you don't need any light source, other than this HDRI for realistic shadows.
Methodology:
140 photos of the environment with 12 mm DSLR lens on a panoramic head (7 expositions) with 2 EV spacing + 7 photos with 2 EV spacing of only the sun with ND1000 (10 stops) filter and 7 photos with 2 EV spacing with ND1000 stacked with ND4000 filter (10+12=22 stops).