HDRIs of various landscapes such as mountains, deserts, and forests.
100% linear workflow, full EV range.
USE UNCOMPRESSED 32bit "ORIGINAL FILE" FOR THE BEST RESULT.
14:00, early Fall, sunny. Empty lot with single family houses around it. The perfect setting for archviz scenes.
Sun is unclipped, so in Cycles, you don't need any light source, other than this HDRI for realistic shadows.
Camera background photos and color-graded JPG panorama: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZqJvDaknD6rMtM9bA
Methodology: 7 expositions of the environment with 1,66 EV spacing (140 photos) + 10 expositions of only the sun with ND4000 (12 stops) filter