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December 4, 2022

Autumn Vibe, Capture the Efterårsstemning

Autumn Vibe

Autumn Vibe, Capture the Efterårsstemning

Autumn Winter recipe using Classic Chrome for soft brown Danish tones

Here’s another wonderful guest recipe, and like many recipes it comes with a story. The creator is Sabrina Magnusson, who lives in Odense, Denmark. She bought her first Fujifilm camera, an X-T1 in the Summer, but having discovered the world of film recipes, quickly upgraded to X-Trans IV.

Inspired by the photos being shared in our Film Recipes Facebook Group, Sabrina entered the Astia Mellow challenge. For some of the photos she accidentally switched film simulation from Astia to Classic Chrome, but this was a happy accident. The photos looked great, and so with a few more adjustments to settings, a new recipe was born. Sabrina calls this recipe, Autumn Vibe.

Autumn Vibe has a muted tone, making creams and browns look wonderful. It is of course perfect for Autumn, but will also be a great choice in Winter too as we are left with bare branches and the pale skeletons of remaining leaves. Oh, and if you are wondering what Efterårsstemning means, it’s Autumn Vibe in Danish, which is exactly what you can capture with this lovely look from Sabrina Magnusson.

All photos: Sabrina Magnusson with X-E4 and 35mm f1.4 lens

Autumn Vibe Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Classic Chrome
Grain Effect	Off
Col. Chr. Effect	Weak
Col. Chr. Blue	Off
White Balance	Shade, +5 Red, ‑3 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR-Auto
Highlights	‑1
Shadows	2
Colour	‑4
Sharpness	1
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	3
EV Comp.	0

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November 7, 2022

Yakisugi Green, Adapted Yakisugi Film Recipe

Yakisugi Green

Yakisugi Green, Adapted Yakisugi Film Recipe

A variation on the popular Yakisugi film recipe suited to green scenes

If you are a regular visitor to this site, or to the main film simulation and recipe Facebook groups, you’ll know about the Yakisuji Film Recipe, by Mehdi Berrada. That recipe is a class act, with stunning deep shadow and a characterful brown and cream tone. I’ve seen numerous wonderful images shared that were taken using it, but the one subject that doesn’t come up so often, is green scenery.

That changed when I saw a wonderful gallery shared by Giang Le, who took images of a cafe in Ninh Binh city, Vietnam. The greens were simply amazing, as you’ll see below.

The secret, as well as our magical Fujifilm cameras, was to adapt the recipe with an adjusted colour balance. Gone was the 7500K temperature, replaced instead with 7700K and an uncommon -4, 4 colour shift. The results were so good that I asked to share the adapted recipe with you, and here we have Yakisugi Green, originally by Mehdi Berrada, adpated by Giang Le.

The images in this section are by Giang Le, X-E3 with 50mm f2, with addition samples added from my RAW files.

Yakisugi Green Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Classic Chrome
Grain Effect	Strong, Large
Col. Chr. Effect	Off
Col. Chr. Blue	Off
White Balance	7700K, ‑4 Red, +4 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR200
Highlights	0
Shadows	2
Colour	‑3
Sharpness	‑1
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	0
EV Comp.	0

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November 2, 2022

Ultraviolet, for a Pretty Purple Mood

Ultraviolet

Ultraviolet, for a Pretty Purple Mood

Lavender Eterna Bleach Bypass film recipe for shooting with a pink purple tone

Here’s a very different film recipe that helps bring a lilac mood to images. It’s quite a particular sort of look, but it can be useful if you’re looking to experiment. Perhaps you are shooting floral images, like heather, lavender or cherry blossom? Or maybe some fashion shots with a difference?

Althought this, and my other film recipes with strong characteristics might not be for general use, I like to provide options and show just how many different styles we can produce with our in camera JPEGs. I actually think you can get some great images with this, especially sunsets, or flowers in bright light, but I’ll leave it out here for you to decide if the Ultraviolet film recipe is one for you…

Ultraviolet Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Eterna Bleach Bypass
Grain Effect	Weak, Small
Col. Chr. Effect	Weak
Col. Chr. Blue	Off
White Balance	Auto, +6 Red, +8 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR400
Highlights	‑1
Shadows	2
Colour	2
Sharpness	‑1
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	0
EV Comp.	+1/3

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October 27, 2022

Old Fossil, for Muted Natural Shots

Old Fossil

Old Fossil, for Muted Natural Shots

Eterna Bleach Bypass film simulation recipe with muted pale tones

I hadn’t heard this slang term for a long time, but when I overheard someone accusing their parent of being an Old Fossil recently, I was reminded of it and it stuck in my mind. I’m not so sure that this recipe reflects a fossilised look, but it is a pale tones style, based on Eterna Bleach Bypass, that would work well should I find one in a rock somewhere.

Eterna Bleach Bypass is present only on the newer cameras, and is something of a divisive look. I find it’s fun to work with, delivering muted tones with a wide choice of colour casts. In this one, I’ve kept things natural, adjusting the ‘out of the box’ balance with a WB of Fluo 3, with 3 R and -9 B.

Old Fossil Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Eterna Bleach Bypass
Grain Effect	Weak, Small
Col. Chr. Effect	Off
Col. Chr. Blue	Off
White Balance	Fluorescent 3, +3 Red, ‑9 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR400
Highlights	0
Shadows	‑1
Colour	2
Sharpness	‑1
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	0
EV Comp.	0

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October 24, 2022

Lomochrome 77, with Creamy Muted Tones

Lomochrome 77

Lomochrome 77, with Creamy Muted Tones

Muted colour film simulation recipe, with Classic Chrome and low saturation

The idea of Lomography has always appealed to me. Reminiscent of simple old cameras, lomo photos are back to basics, with all sorts of distortions and retro touches. Not a lot of this is possible to recreate with our advanced Fujifilm cameras, especially with the crisp and sharp lenses of today. However, it’s a fun idea, and it’s made it into the name of this and my Aerocolor Lomo film recipes.

For this film recipe, I have pushed far from the centre with a warm colour cast, but with weak saturation for muted tones. And, rather than hazy softness, a subtle crispness is present from positive clarity. These are features of another recipe, Ultrasoft 77, sharing the same colour shift and the Eterna simulation, but the results of the two are noticably different.

Lomochrome 77 Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Classic Chrome
Grain Effect	Weak, Small
Col. Chr. Effect	Off
Col. Chr. Blue	Weak
White Balance	Auto, +7 Red, ‑7 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR400
Highlights	0
Shadows	1
Colour	‑4
Sharpness	‑1
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	2
EV Comp.	+2/3

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Lomochrome 77 film recipe photo by Gunther Geeraerts

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October 23, 2022

Deep Forest, a Mellow Woodland Look

Deep Forest

Deep Forest, a Mellow Woodland Look

Classic Chrome film simulation recipe for deep and mellow woodland moods

Autumn is known as the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness (John Keats), and this is a film recipe that captures that aesthetic. Images are deep toned with a mellow colour palette that’s perfect for capturing moody woodland details.

The base film simulation is Classic Chrome, but the combination of chrome effects, strong white balance shift and a +1.5 shadow setting, give it a look all it’s own. For extra deepness (depth?), you can underexpose as well.

If you use this on a sunny day, you may get best results with that bit of underexposure. On dull or rainy days, it should deliver reliably moody images as exposed. All in all, it’s just right for Autumn when the mist and murk become more common, and through the Winter months or when weather is gloomy.

Deep Forest Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Classic Chrome
Grain Effect	Weak, Small
Col. Chr. Effect	Weak
Col. Chr. Blue	Weak
White Balance	Auto, +7 Red, ‑5 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR400
Highlights	‑0.5
Shadows	1.5
Colour	‑4
Sharpness	‑2
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	0
EV Comp.	0

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October 2, 2022

October Gold, Autumn Tones by Marcel Fraij

Classic Chrome film recipe for Autumn with pale tones and bright highlights

Marcel Fraij is a talented photograper, educator and film recipe creator from the Netherlands. He’s a regular contributor in our Film Recipes Facebook Group and publishes a number of excellent recipe on his Film Recipes page.

We were chatting recently about an autumnal recipe he had created, and I’m so pleased to be able to share it here as a guest recipe. Marcel explained that the photo series is from October ’21, taken with X-E4 and a Fujinon 50mm f2 with a close up lens from Olympus. He adds, “the close up lens is old and a has some scratches, maybe that provides the dreamy look.”

There’s a beautiful muted tone to this, with bright highlights for a sophisticated soft look. It’s perfect for subtle photography in the Autumn season, but will no doubt be a favourite in other seasons too!

Photo credits: Marcel Fraij

October Gold Film Recipe

Simulation: Classic Chrome
Grain Effect: Off
Colour Chrome Effect: Strong
Colour Chrome Blue: Weak (IV) / Off (V)
White Balance: 5200K
WB Shift: +1 Red, -5 Blue
Dynamic Range: DR200
Highlights: -1.0
Shadows: +2.0
Color: -2
Sharpness: +1
ISO Noise Reduction: -4
Clarity: 0
EV compensation: 1

Soft depth of field, using the October Gold film recipe

Creative captures from ground level, with the October Gold film recipe

Perfect for fall color, the October Gold film recipe

Soft tones for Autumn, taken by Marcel with October Gold film recipe

Woodland details, with the mellow look of October Gold recipe

Embrace a new subtle style with October Gold film recipe

October Goldon a Dewy Morning

We’re back to my photography for this section. No more fungi, I’m sorry.

The ferns show the first signs of Autumn, October Gold film recipe

The leaves are beginning to turn, captured with October Gold

The summer heather is fading now, using October Gold film recipe

A dewy morning shows up the spider webs, October Gold film recipe

Hanging by a thread … taken with October Gold film recipe

A marvel of nature, captured with October Gold film recipe

Soaked in the morning dew, captured by October Gold film recipe

Ruby tone fern fronds, with October Gold film recipe

October Gold in Midday Sun

With a fixed colour temperature of 5200K, this recipe doesn’t adapt to the changing light throughout the day, and so I took a short test drive in bright middle of the day conditions to check how it performed. Close up shots very much fell within the aesthetic, but a general landscape view of trees and sky, whilst beautiful, was certainly not ‘gold’. See what you think …

Garden seed heads, captured with October Gold

Bright sunshine on the succulent, with October Gold

Middle of the day treeline, not so ‘gold’ with October Gold

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October 1, 2022

Muted Gold, for Warm Nostalgic Images

Muted Gold

Muted Gold, for Warm Nostalgic Images

Classic chrome film simulation recipe with soft golden tones

Some film recipes bring a strongly uniform look across a set of images, helping a series of photos work together. Muted Gold is such a recipe with a specific look from a strong colour shift paired with muted saturation and softened shadows.

The colour balance is very warm, but particularly brings a lot of mellow character out in the greens of a scene. This pale and creamy green is warm and nostalgic, giving a ‘last days of summer’ feel to photos. As the seasons change around us, this recipe should be a good choice for autumn photography too.

Muted Gold Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Classic Chrome
Grain Effect	Strong, Small
Col. Chr. Effect	Strong
Col. Chr. Blue	Off
White Balance	Auto, +7 Red, ‑7 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR100
Highlights	0.5
Shadows	‑1.5
Colour	‑3
Sharpness	0
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	0
EV Comp.	+1/3

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September 29, 2022

Pale Blue Dot, Bleach Bypass for Planet Earth

Pale Blue Dot

Pale Blue Dot, Bleach Bypass for Planet Earth

Eterna Bleach Bypass film simulation recipe with soft blue skies

I’ve been inspired by astronomy recently, and in particular some of the photos of Earth taken by astronauts and probes in the early days of space flight. One of interest was the Pale Blue Dot image of Earth, taken by the Voyager probe at a distance of 6 billion km.

So goes the inspiration, and now the recipe. I’m a fan of the striking style of Eterna Bleach Bypass, and realised that with adjustment, a softer look that could be used as a general recipe was possible. My first success in this area was Soft Cinnamon, and now we have Pale Blue Dot, with muted tones and eye catching pale blue skies.

Pale Blue Dot Film Recipe Settings

Film Simulation	Eterna Bleach Bypass
Grain Effect	Weak, Small
Col. Chr. Effect	Off
Col. Chr. Blue	Weak
White Balance	5800K, +3 Red, ‑6 Blue
Dynamic Range	DR200
Highlights	0
Shadows	‑0.5
Colour	4
Sharpness	0
ISO N.R.	‑4
Clarity	2
EV Comp.	+1/3

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