Wanting to get away from the basic Poser look: plastic people who don't cast shadows with ridiculous features. If that is what you want, go for it. I want to get as far from that as possible. Perhaps not photorealism - there's a huge discussion on here about that already - but certainly not what comes out of the box.
We can do better.

Monterey/Mint21.x/Win10 - Blender3.x - PP11.3(cm) - Musescore3.6.2

Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehen
[it is clear that humans have contempt for that which they do not understand] 

Metaphor of Chooks