diff --git a/data/shaders/instanced_shadowref.frag b/data/shaders/instanced_shadowref.frag
index f303688b6..c9be0f7eb 100644
--- a/data/shaders/instanced_shadowref.frag
+++ b/data/shaders/instanced_shadowref.frag
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ void main(void)
     vec4 col = texture(tex, uv);
 #endif
     if (col.a < 0.5) discard;
-    FragColor = vec4((2. * gl_FragCoord.z - 1.) / gl_FragCoord.w);
+    FragColor = vec4(exp(80. * (2. * gl_FragCoord.z - 1.) / gl_FragCoord.w));
 }
diff --git a/data/shaders/shadow.frag b/data/shaders/shadow.frag
index 128b3e31c..ffa59b9ee 100644
--- a/data/shaders/shadow.frag
+++ b/data/shaders/shadow.frag
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ out vec4 FragColor;
 
 void main()
 {
-    FragColor = vec4((2. * gl_FragCoord.z - 1.) / gl_FragCoord.w);
+    FragColor = vec4(exp(80. * (2. * gl_FragCoord.z - 1.) / gl_FragCoord.w));
 }
diff --git a/data/shaders/shadowref.frag b/data/shaders/shadowref.frag
index ec6905c6d..915667c9c 100644
--- a/data/shaders/shadowref.frag
+++ b/data/shaders/shadowref.frag
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ void main(void)
 {
     vec4 col = texture(tex, uv);
     if (col.a < 0.5) discard;
-    FragColor = vec4((2. * gl_FragCoord.z - 1.) / gl_FragCoord.w);
+    FragColor = vec4(exp(80. * (2. * gl_FragCoord.z - 1.) / gl_FragCoord.w));
 }
diff --git a/data/shaders/sunlightshadow.frag b/data/shaders/sunlightshadow.frag
index 346f33f1c..30c98cd8e 100644
--- a/data/shaders/sunlightshadow.frag
+++ b/data/shaders/sunlightshadow.frag
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ float getShadowFactor(vec3 pos, float bias, int index)
 
 	float z = texture(shadowtex, vec3(shadowtexcoord, float(index))).x;
 	float d = shadowcoord.z;
-	return min(exp(1024 *(z - d)), 1.);
+	return min(pow(exp(-80. * d) * z, 4.), 1.);
 }
 
 void main() {
diff --git a/src/graphics/render_geometry.cpp b/src/graphics/render_geometry.cpp
index 13d2505c6..93f8e9345 100644
--- a/src/graphics/render_geometry.cpp
+++ b/src/graphics/render_geometry.cpp
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ void IrrDriver::renderShadows()
         }
     }
 
-    m_post_processing->renderGaussian6BlurLayer(m_rtts->getShadowFBO());
+//    m_post_processing->renderGaussian6BlurLayer(m_rtts->getShadowFBO());
     glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY, m_rtts->getShadowFBO().getRTT()[0]);
     glGenerateMipmap(GL_TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY);
 }