Possible to lower Skydome horizon for render of an airplane high in the sky?

[SpaceCoyote]

Hello. Is it possible to lower the Skydome horizon for either the Physical Sky or an HDRI Skydome? I'm doing a render of an airplane high in the sky but every tutorial I've seen for Arnold's Skydome is for doing a render at ground level. I'd like it to appear as if the horizon is far below.

[thiago.ize]

Are you seeing black below the horizon?

[SpaceCoyote]

Hi, Thiago. No, below the horizon is more yellowish, like a sky with high turbidity. It's not black, but you can clearly see where the horizon is, which I'd like to be much lower.

[lee_griggs]

Depending on your camera angle, you could cheat it by having two skydome lights with a physical_sky connected to each one. One skydome light is only visible to Camera which you can rotate up or down and the other is not visible to Camera (for lighting).

[SpaceCoyote]

Thanks, Lee! This is a decent workaround for when there are views from the interior looking out. But I've now moved to making renders of the exterior and I'm not entirely sure how I will handle it...

[lee_griggs]

Maybe an HDRI would work better in this situation then.

[SpaceCoyote]

Yeah, using an HDRI is a good suggestion. I found a couple of free "above the clouds" HDRI's that have been working great so far!