Halelujah Rutra,

 

We think alike brother!  Amazing how similar our settings are.

 

I usually start of with a a spectral atmo, turn the balance all the way to ambiance. Then I imagine what the scene would look like on a cloudy day. Ramp up the Sky dome gain, Artificial ambiance and Light intensity until I find a convincing balance. Then I turn up the sunlight / ambiance balance to somewhere between 10% and 35% until I get this nice early morning / late afternoon feel.

 

I do a lot of character rendering, and settings saved for that purpose quite often do not work on landscapes. There is no universal setting!

 

I live in Northern Europe and I realise that depending on where you live on this globe your light reference for reality will be quite different. My sunlight is always soft, somewhere between 1 and 3 degrees. Also what is your reference medium? Film, digital camera or maybe your own eyes??

 

Happy rendering :-)