Film Recipes for Fujifilm Cameras

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

Driftwood, Creamy Eterna Bleach Style

Eterna Bleach Bypass film simulation recipe for creamy tone winter photos

Here’s a recipe for creative shooting with a muted tones style which emphasises the browns and creams in your images. This makes it a great choice for beaches, winter woodlands and capturing old buildings or wooden subjects. I’ve named it Driftwood because, for me, it shares a palette with the bleached wooden pieces you find washed up on the shore.

Shooting with a recipe like this gives a unique look and feel that generates a stylised image with muted tones and deep contrast. For single images, the style is dramatic and interesting, and for a series, it generates a compelling tone across a set.

Note that this recipe uses Eterna Bleach Bypass as the base simulation, which makes it compatible with the newer Fujifilm cameras only.

A muted tones look, ideal for winter walks. Driftwood film recipe.

Driftwood Film Recipe

Simulation: Eterna Bleach Bypass
Grain Effect: Off
Colour Chrome Effect: Off
Colour Chrome Blue: Off
White Balance: 6600K
WB Shift: +4 Red, -1 Blue
Dynamic Range: DR400
Highlights: -2.0
Shadows: 0.0
Color: 0
Sharpness: -4
ISO Noise Reduction: -4
Clarity: 0
EV compensation: 0

Winter in the forest, captured with the Driftwood film recipe

A windy day at the beach, taken using Driftwood film recipe

Creamy tones and deep contrast. Two elements of Driftwood film recipe

Driftwood film recipe is a useful partner with pale sunlight

Seashore pinks, captured with the Driftwood film recipe

Summer blooms with deep pink tone, using Driftwood film recipe

Potted lavender in the garden, taken with Driftwood film recipe

Towering foxgloves in the height of Summer, with Driftwood film recipe

Autumn discoveries, with the bleach tone of Driftwood film recipe

Autumnal scenes from a village wander, Driftwood film recipe

Creamy brown tones are a key feature of the Driftwood film recipe

Winter sunlight and fading fern, using Driftwood film recipe

Cream and brown tones and deep shadow = Driftwood film recipe

Winter reflections in the forest, with muted looks from Driftwood recipe

Where will your photowalks take you? Try one with Driftwood film recipe

Similar Styles to Consider

Here are a few other recipes that share some of the characteristics of the Driftwood film recipe.

Bleach Bypass film recipes

Summer Bleach – a similar feel, but with warmer tones
Soft Cinnamon – my favourite Bleach Bypass recipe, take a look
Hipsta Ray II – a Hipstamatic inspired recipe with creamy rich tone
Fading Memory – a strongly styled recipe for emotional effect

Vintage Bronze – EBB film recipe for X-T5 from Fuji X Weekly

Recipes with other simuations

Yakisugi – magical creamy tones recipe by Mehdi Berrada
Autumn Vibe – wonderful brown tones, by Sabrina Magnusson
Melatonin – design in Manila, great everywhere, by Grant Teng
Old West – vintage retro style, like images from the Old West
Rosa Negative – muted with creamy tint from Classic Negative

Rich Almond – a striking Classic Chrome look, by Chris Cuban

Eterna Bleach Bypass Recipes

Cream Tones, Eterna Bleach Bypass, Forests & Woodlands, Muted Tones, Winter

🌊 Let’s get creative in this new round of The Film Recipes Challenge 🏄 The recipe is the burned and faded look, Childhood Vacation, which loves to be over exposed. Try some images and share a selection in the Film Recipes Facebook Group or the comments on the recipe page. Open to everyone, until end of 8th June. Tag #childhoodvacation ☀️