Credits: Amakuni
https://civitai.com/models/1721070/ultraepicai-realism?modelVersionId=1947685
Model that specializes in photorealism, but might be good at other things as well.
The following settings work for me, but feel free to experiment:
20-40 steps
7-9 CFG
DPM++ 2M Karras
1216 x 832 or 832 x 1216
No VAE needed.