Eterna Bleach Bypass film simulation recipe that enhances blues, creams and browns
In preparation for the changing seasons been working on some more film recipe looks for winter, and in these experiements, I’ve been playing with Eterna Blach Bypass again. I love this simulation for its low saturation character matched with bold, but controlled contrast. It’s fun to create with, and has a way of displaying a wider spectrum of styles than the other simulations.
For this recipe, I started with a desire to find something that would bring earthy, rocky and natural scenes to life in a new way. The aim was something impactful, without being too artifical, and certainly a style that looked great for nature photography, and yes, granite rocks too.
Apart from a quirky base colour balance, the result is neither especially warm or cool, but manages to accent both brown and blue tones. This makes blue skies impactful and is especially good with white clouds in the sky as well.
The tones do lend themselves to winter scenes as well, surpessing greens and alowing frost details to stand out. It works best with good lighting, like sunlight or bright hazy mist, but it’s great fun all round, and I’m sure you’ll enjoy trying it as much as I do.
Gneiss Shot Film Recipe
- Simulation: Eterna Bleach Bypass
- Grain Effect: Weak, Large
- Colour Chrome Effect: Weak
- Colour Chrome Blue: Off (V) / Weak (IV)
- White Balance: Fluorescent 2
- WB Shift: +2 Red, -7 Blue
- Dynamic Range: DR400
- Highlights: +1.0
- Shadows: -1.0
- Color: -2
- Sharpness: -2
- ISO Noise Reduction: -4
- Clarity: 0
- EV compensation: -1/3
Also take a look at: Zodiac Pale and Yakisugi film recipes
Film Recipes for Fujifilm Cameras 