Pro Neg Standard film simulation recipe for winter conditions, snow, ice, frost and fog
Winter weather tends to arrive in January and February where I live, but late this November we had a cold snap with some frost and fog. This gave me a great opportunity to test out some winter film recipes, and see how they behaved in the cold conditions.
I’m a big fan of the Pro Neg simulations, with their film like character that retains a modern feel. I enjoy using them for landscape photography and have published a number that are good choices with a natural colour balance.
For this recipe though, the cool tones of the frost and fog are what I looked to enhance, and so this recipe uses a cool colour balance, along with two steps of reduced saturation to bring the frost feel of a crisp winter morning to life.
Winter Standard Film Recipe
- Simulation: PRO Neg. Std
- Grain Effect: Weak, Small
- Colour Chrome Effect: Weak
- Colour Chrome Blue: Weak (IV) / Off (V)
- White Balance: Auto
- WB Shift: -1 Red, +2 Blue
- Dynamic Range: DR400
- Highlights: -1.0
- Shadows: 0.0
- Color: -2
- Sharpness: +1
- ISO Noise Reduction: -4
- Clarity: 0
- EV compensation: 0 or +1/3
For a similar look, but with more natural colour tone, try Jorrvaskr film recipe.
For a recipe with a stronger blue-green tone, try Aquamarine film recipe.
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