Bright Daze, Astia Summer Fresh

Astia film simulation for summer fresh images, created by Darren Urda

Here’s a bright and soft film recipe that brings a citrus freshness to summer scenes. It’s been created by one of our talented challenge photographers, Darren Urda. You can see his wonderful images of Australia in many of our user gallery collections.

For this look, Darren has pushed Astia into new creative territory with two stops of overexposure and a warm colour balance that really brings out the yellow and green, from the land of yellow and green.

I was keen to try it too, so at the bottom of the page after Darren’s excellent images, you’ll find a few that I’ve made with this exciting summer look.

Citrus summer freshness, captured with the Bright Daze film recipe

Bright Daze Film Recipe

  • Simulation: Astia/Soft
  • Grain Effect: Weak, Small
  • Colour Chrome Effect: Strong
  • Colour Chrome Blue: Off
  • White Balance: 7400K
  • WB Shift: +2 Red, -2 Blue
  • Dynamic Range: DR400
  • Highlights: -2.0
  • Shadows: -2.0
  • Color: -3
  • Sharpness: 0
  • ISO Noise Reduction: -4
  • Clarity: -2
  • EV compensation: +2/3
A recipe that’s perfect with yellows and greens. Bright Daze film recipe
The season is turning from summer to autumn. Bright Daze film recipe
A recipe for summer days … Bright Daze film recipe
A red railing, captured with Bright Daze film recipe
Simple and beautiful, using Bright Daze film recipe
Green details, captured with Bright Daze film recipe
Look closely and see what you find, with Bright Daze film recipe
Warm soft tones, from Astia sim and the Bright Daze film recipe
Greens in the park, using Bright Daze film recipe
Tiny fruits add a splash of colour, Bright Daze film recipe

A few shots from me with Bright Daze film recipe

Spring willow buds, with Bright Daze film recipe
Hundreds of tiny blossom flowers, Bright Daze film recipe
Spring is on the way, using Bright Daze film recipe
Early leaves that look like flowers, Bright Daze film recipe
The last hangers on from the winter. Bright Daze film recipe

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