Eterna cinematic film simulation recipe for a mellow nostalgic look to nature photos
Explorers Cinematic
This is a film simulation recipe that brings together several of my favourite elements into one place. There’s a cinematic feel, a mellow tone and a nostalgic look all rolled up into one.
The secret is of course the Fujifilm film simulation, which for this recipe is the Eterna/Cinema simulation. Eterna, with its movie origins, has a cinematic feel and a built in mellowness that adds emphasis to greens and browns. These mellow tones are maximised with the addition of the Color Chrome effect and a warm colour balance at 5800K color temperature.
The end result is a fabulous choice in woodlands and forests, or when you are shooting natural landscapes in the great outdoors. It’s a recipe for the explorer in us … something to take with us on adventures.
Explorers Cinematic Film Recipe Settings
| Film Simulation | Eterna/Cinema |
| Grain Effect | Weak, Small |
| Col. Chr. Effect | Weak |
| Col. Chr. Blue | Off |
| White Balance | 5800K, +2 Red, ‑4 Blue |
| Dynamic Range | DR400 |
| Highlights | ‑0.5 |
| Shadows | 2 |
| Colour | 2 |
| Sharpness | ‑1 |
| ISO N.R. | ‑4 |
| Clarity | 0 |
| EV Comp. | +1/3 |
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Photos taken with the Explorers Cinematic film recipe by members of the Film Recipes community.
Photos by David Simpson
Photos by Darren Urda
Photos by David Forsdike
Photos by Sabrina Magnusson
Photos by Andrew Gundershaug
Photos by Bert Broekhuis
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