Mountain Path

[Matt]

The problem with adding an extra sun and disabling its shadows is you destroy the contact shadows that PT gives you. It's not so bad if you keep shadows enabled.

Another idea you could try is using two atmospheres: A primary atmosphere with secondary disabled and a secondary atmosphere with primary disabled. You can brighten the colours on the second atmosphere to force brighter sky-light.

[Matt]

... Having said that, the most natural result would probably come from not doing any of that and just increasing the exposure. If the sun is too bright on their faces, could you could give them a semi-transparent sun shade like they do on a TV or film set?

[Dune]

Thanks for chiming in Matt. Neat idea, and I remember something similar from doing with RT as well years ago, but then using an ambient an a GI. I'll try that. It is actually comparable with an invisible sphere, and might take less time. We'll see. Maybe less grainy too.

And you are right about the exposure. In photography it's also not always easy to get darks and lights in balance, and (nice) darkroom work was necessary. The HDR filter works pretty nice too, done carefully.

My guys (and girls) already have an adjustable tan