Film Recipes for Fujifilm Cameras

Nostalgic, soft tone and vintage film recipes using Fujifilm film simulations

Natural Standard, for Walks in Nature

Pro Neg Standard film simulation recipe for Fujifilm X-Trans IV

Here’s a wonderful film recipe that captures the green of nature in a serene way. It’s a great choice for walks in natural surroundings, like woodlands, forests and nature parks.

Natural Standard has a soft tone look, with mid saturation and softened shadows. This helps to tame the extremes in a scene and give a mellow and calm look. This helps it work well in all conditions, making it a great general use outdoor recipe.

The settings for this recipe are simple with minor adjustments and a gently warmed colour balance. The use of the Pro Negative simulation and these settings allow the nature in your shots to be the focus of the image, rather than the retro effects of the film simulation.

Natures greens are the feature, with Natural Standard film recipe

Natural Standard Film Recipe

Simulation: Pro Neg Standard
Grain Effect: Off
Colour Chrome Effect: Off
Colour Chrome Blue: Weak
White Balance: Auto
WB Shift: +3 Red, -3 Blue
Dynamic Range: DR100
Highlights: 0
Shadows: -1
Colour: -2
Sharpness: +1
ISO Noise Reduction: -4
Clarity: 0
EV compensation: 0

Warm light and spring greens, with Natural Standard film recipe

A frosty morning in the field, Natural Standard film recipe

Cattle hairs on the wire fence, with Natural Standard film recipe

It’s been raining. Natural Standard film recipe

Sunrise on a cold day, captured with Natural Standard film recipe

The hedgerow leaves are frosted over, Natural Standard film recipe

Deep shadows in the woods, with Natural Standard film recipe

It’s a peahen, captured with Natural Standard film recipe

A summer morning by the river, with Natural Standard film recipe

Swan and cygnets, captured with Natural Standard film recipe

Winter walking trails, taken with Natural Standard film recipe

Frost on the log tops, captured with Natural Standard film recipe

The river and trees in full morning sun, with Natural Standard film recipe

Walking in the park, with Natural Standard film recipe

Spring fern shoot, captured with Natural Standard film recipe

Early morning at the oak tree, with Natural Standard film recipe

The field beyond. Captured with Natural Standard film recipe

New Forest ponies, late afternoon, Natural Standard film recipe

Fishing pond, captured with Natural Standard film recipe

In the harbour, with Natural Standard film recipe

Frosty details on a winter day, Natural Standard film recipe

Tiny heather stalk with winter frosting, Natural Standard film recipe

More Pro Neg Recipes

The Pro Negative film simulations are often overlooked in film recipes, with many more being made from Classic Chrome, for example. However, I think this is an oversight, with the controlled contrast and softer tones of the Pro Neg recipes forming an ideal starting point.

Here are a few more Pro Neg recipes to have a look at.