Here's one I was practicing with GI dome, IBL(golfcourse hdri-probe)

The first one has the lighting turned up pretty high.(as high as I could get it without washing the mats out completely)

Second one is the same render, I used it as an overlay layer in PS with 75% Multiply effect.

Was trying for Stark sunlight with a mix of soft & deep shadow.

the small black artifacts are the plant. It's not fully above-ground.(these could be fixed with post)

Only an experiment, no skulls or plants were injured in the making of this scene.

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