Pro Neg Standard film simulation recipe for winter conditions, snow, ice, frost and fog
Winter Standard
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 Settings
| Film Simulation | PRO Neg. Std |
| Grain Effect | Weak, Small |
| Col. Chr. Effect | Weak |
| Col. Chr. Blue | Off |
| White Balance | Auto, ‑1 Red, +2 Blue |
| Dynamic Range | DR400 |
| Highlights | ‑1 |
| Shadows | 0 |
| Colour | ‑2 |
| Sharpness | 1 |
| ISO N.R. | ‑4 |
| Clarity | 0 |
| EV Comp. | +1/3 |
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