HDRi
Gloomy Evening
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/14622rxhPztdACWTo0-7joxPD16-22gHW
Tutorial on how to set nodes with JPG background panorama:
https://youtu.be/aj0LoQLjgYo
Test render 1:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HnaHa4Ez7mN4LOTW_D4V_3BKYqIXs7VZ
Test render 2:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10OJBc9zqT5Ecr_uo-lJy7a35htj_gURv
19:00, Summer, cloudy, no hard shadows. Grassy landscape surrounded by trees. Low sun if fully covered with clouds blocking most of the light. Shadows are very soft, almost non existing. It's good setting for evening archviz showcasing garden and interior lights.
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 1,66 EV spacing + 7 photos with 1,66 EV spacing of only the sun with ND1000 (10 stops) filter and 9 photos with 1,66 EV spacing with ND1000 stacked with ND4000 filter (10+12=22 stops).