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Camera settings (EXIF data)

Camera Sony Sony a7 II

Full frame (35.8 x 23.9 mm)

Lens Sony Sonnar T* FE 55mm f/1.8 ZA

min. focus distance: 1.64' / 50 cm

stabilization: no

weight: 281 g

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Focal length

55.0 mm

Aperture

ƒ/2.0

Shutter speed

1/25s

ISO

1000

Metering mode

Multi-segment

Exposure program

Shutter speed priority AE

Exposure compensation

Flash

Off, Did not fire

Taken at

2016:07:27 21:05:26

Software

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 10.0 (Macintosh)

no copyright note in EXIF

GPS Location

—

GPS Altitude

—

GPS Date & time

—

Raw EXIF data

ISO

1000

Make

SONY

Flash

Off, Did not fire

Model

ILCE-7M2

FNumber

2.0

Contrast

Normal

LensInfo

55mm f/1.8

Software

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 10.0 (Macintosh)

LensModel

FE 55mm F1.8 ZA

SceneType

Directly photographed

Sharpness

Normal

ColorSpace

sRGB

CreateDate

2016:07:27 21:05:26

FileSource

Digital Camera

ModifyDate

2020:11:21 11:19:40

OffsetTime

+01:00

Saturation

Normal

Compression

JPEG (old-style)

ExifVersion

0231

FocalLength

55.0 mm

LightSource

Unknown

XResolution

240

YResolution

240

ExposureMode

Auto

ExposureTime

1/25

MeteringMode

Multi-segment

WhiteBalance

Auto

ApertureValue

2.0

CustomRendered

Normal

ResolutionUnit

inches

ThumbnailImage

(Binary data 9988 bytes, use -b option to extract)

BrightnessValue

-1.95546875

ExposureProgram

Shutter speed priority AE

SensitivityType

Recommended Exposure Index

ThumbnailLength

9988

ThumbnailOffset

942

DateTimeOriginal

2016:07:27 21:05:26

DigitalZoomRatio

MaxApertureValue

1.8

SceneCaptureType

Standard

ShutterSpeedValue

1/25

ExposureCompensation

FocalPlaneXResolution

1675.257385

FocalPlaneYResolution

1675.257385

FocalLengthIn35mmFormat

55 mm

FocalPlaneResolutionUnit

RecommendedExposureIndex

1000

Raw XMP data

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IPTC

DateCreated

2016:07:27

TimeCreated

21:05:26

CodedCharacterSet

UTF8

DigitalCreationDate

2016:07:27

DigitalCreationTime

21:05:26

ApplicationRecordVersion

Photoshop

IPTCDigest

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XResolution

240

YResolution

240

DisplayedUnitsX

inches

DisplayedUnitsY

inches

PhotoshopThumbnail

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Adobe Lightroom edits

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Look

Name	Adobe Color
Group	Profiles
Cluster
Amount	1.0

Note on Looks

Looks are not included in the default downloadable preset. The reason is that they often require extra files installed on your system (e.g. many film emulation packs).

Without these files in place, the presets downloaded from PixelPeeper couldn't be imported. That's why PixelPeeper presets focus on universal settings. If you want to replicate the Look part, you can copy it manually, but in many cases, it won't have an effect without the looks installed on your computer first.

The "Full XMP Settings" version of the downloadable preset will include the look and other (complete) adjustments. If you have the required looks installed, you should be able to import this XMP file to Lightroom.

Basic

Profile	Adobe Standard
White Balance	Custom
Temperature	4750
Tint		-11

Tone
Exposure		+0.70
Contrast		+5
Highlights		-66
Shadows		+77
Whites		-21
Blacks		-23

Presence
Texture		0
Clarity		0
Dehaze		0
Vibrance		0
Saturation		+2

Tone Curve

Tone Curve:

Region
Highlights		0
Lights		0
Darks		0
Shadows		0

Color Mixer / HSL

Hue
Red		+25
Orange		0
Yellow		-23
Green		+28
Aqua		+86
Blue		+14
Purple		-39
Magenta		0

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The edit creates a cool, subdued blue-hour scene with the illuminated palace held as the visual focal point. Strong tonal recovery preserves the building and its reflection while deepened blacks, darkened foliage colors, and restrained saturation keep the surrounding trees and water atmospheric rather than distracting.

Overall look

The Adobe profile rendering is shaped into a cool teal-blue palette with muted natural colors. The image remains clean rather than heavily stylized: there is no added grain, vignette, clarity, texture, or dehaze. A moderate crop trims the frame on all sides without rotation; visually, this reinforces the centered palace and near-symmetrical reflection. That compositional intention is a reasonable visual inference.

Light and tone

Exposure was raised by 0.70 EV, then balanced with substantial highlight reduction (-66), shadow lifting (+77), and lowered whites (-21). This combination opens the dark lakeside scene and reveals the architecture without allowing its lamps and pale façade to become harsh. Blacks were reduced to -23, restoring depth in the trees and lower reflection after the broad shadow lift. The custom tone curve further compresses the extremes: its raised black endpoint gives the deepest tones a slightly softened floor, while its lowered white endpoint keeps the brightest areas gentle. Together, these adjustments create visible shadow detail while retaining strong dark framing around the palace.

Color and atmosphere

A custom white balance of 4750 K with a -11 tint establishes a cool, slightly green-leaning foundation appropriate to the blue-hour light. The HSL work is more selective than the modest global saturation increase of +2. Greens are shifted toward aqua, strongly desaturated, and darkened; aqua is shifted heavily toward blue, then darkened and desaturated; blue is also desaturated. This consolidates the foliage, water, and sky into restrained teal and blue families instead of vivid separate colors. Yellow saturation is reduced dramatically (-81), with orange also reduced, so the palace lighting reads as refined cream-white rather than intense yellow. The individual red, green, and blue curves add a subtle cool bias in darker values, supporting the cyan-teal shadows without obvious split toning.

Detail and capture context

Sharpening is moderate at 40 with a 1.0 radius and low detail emphasis, providing general definition without an aggressive crisp effect. Color noise reduction is set to 25, while luminance noise reduction is left at zero. Because the photograph was captured at ISO 1000, the color-noise treatment would be useful for suppressing chroma speckling in the dark trees and water; leaving luminance smoothing off preserves fine texture and natural grain. No extra clarity, texture, or dehaze was used, which helps the dusk atmosphere remain smooth.

Lens and finishing

The Adobe profile for the Sony FE 55mm F1.8 ZA is enabled at full distortion and vignetting correction strength. This supports clean architectural lines and even illumination without adding a manual vignette. No manual perspective correction was applied, so the finished geometry comes primarily from the original centered viewpoint, lens correction, and crop.

What mattered most

Large shadow recovery and highlight compression reveal the palace while protecting its lights.
Deepened blacks and darkened green/aqua channels keep the trees as a strong natural frame.
Selective desaturation unifies the scene into cool teal-blue tones while keeping the palace lighting understated.
Moderate sharpening and color-only noise reduction preserve detail from the ISO 1000 capture without making the image look overprocessed.

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