Mono film recipe tuned for landscape photography using Acros simulation
I shoot almost entirely landscape and natural scenes, and really love soft tones and muted colours. As a result, I find that I don’t use many mono recipes. Personally, I find it harder to ‘see’ scenes that will work well in mono, and I think that some of this is how most mono recipes have shadows that appear deeper than I expect, and this puts me off using them.
So, I have made a couple of landscape friendly recipes that are great for all around outdoor shooting. These have tone profiles that feel more natural to me, when shooting landscapes, forests and so on. Firstly, I made Monographic, then Kodachrome Mono, and now a third take on a landscape mono, which I call Acroscape. Of the three, this one has the deepest shadows, but is still a highly usable recipe in everyday outdoor conditions.
The main element for this look is a single step of over-exposure, with the dial set to +1/3. HIghlights are preserved with a DR400 setting and a -1 setting for highlights. In my test, I enjoyed a little hazy softness with a -2 clarity setting, but this does cause a short saving delay, so do leave this off if that bothers you.
Acroscape Film Recipe
- Simulation: Acros Green Filter
- Grain Effect: Weak, Small
- Colour Chrome Effect: Off
- Colour Chrome Blue: Off
- White Balance: Auto
- WB Shift: -4 Red, -9 Blue
- Dynamic Range: DR400
- Highlights: -1.0
- Shadows: 0.0
- Mono Shift: WC +1, MG +0
- Sharpness: 0
- ISO Noise Reduction: -4
- Clarity: -2
- EV compensation: +1/3
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