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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/8.0

Shutter speed

1/400s

ISO

100

Metering mode

Multi-segment

Exposure program

Aperture-priority AE

Exposure compensation

Flash

Off, Did not fire

Taken at

2016:09:09 17:17:20

Software

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 10.0 (Macintosh)

no copyright note in EXIF

GPS Location

—

GPS Altitude

—

GPS Date & time

—

Raw EXIF data

ISO

100

Make

SONY

Flash

Off, Did not fire

Model

ILCE-7M2

FNumber

8.0

Contrast

Low

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

2016:09:09 17:17:20

FileSource

Digital Camera

ModifyDate

2020:11:21 12:23:44

OffsetTime

+01:00

Saturation

Normal

Compression

JPEG (old-style)

ExifVersion

0231

FocalLength

55.0 mm

LightSource

Unknown

XResolution

240

YResolution

240

ExposureMode

Auto

ExposureTime

1/400

MeteringMode

Multi-segment

WhiteBalance

Auto

ApertureValue

8.0

CustomRendered

Normal

ResolutionUnit

inches

ThumbnailImage

(Binary data 11040 bytes, use -b option to extract)

BrightnessValue

10.7984375

ExposureProgram

Aperture-priority AE

SensitivityType

Recommended Exposure Index

ThumbnailLength

11040

ThumbnailOffset

942

DateTimeOriginal

2016:09:09 17:17:20

DigitalZoomRatio

MaxApertureValue

1.8

SceneCaptureType

Standard

ShutterSpeedValue

1/400

ExposureCompensation

FocalPlaneXResolution

1675.257385

FocalPlaneYResolution

1675.257385

FocalLengthIn35mmFormat

55 mm

FocalPlaneResolutionUnit

RecommendedExposureIndex

100

Raw XMP data

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IPTC

DateCreated

2016:09:09

TimeCreated

17:17:20

CodedCharacterSet

UTF8

DigitalCreationDate

2016:09:09

DigitalCreationTime

17:17:20

ApplicationRecordVersion

Photoshop

IPTCDigest

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XResolution

240

YResolution

240

DisplayedUnitsX

inches

DisplayedUnitsY

inches

PhotoshopThumbnail

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Look

Name	Adobe Color
Group	Profiles
Cluster
Amount	1.0

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Basic

Profile	Adobe Standard
White Balance	Custom
Temperature	5350
Tint		0

Tone
Exposure		-0.05
Contrast		+10
Highlights		-69
Shadows		+35
Whites		-28
Blacks		+27

Presence
Texture		0
Clarity		+9
Dehaze		0
Vibrance		0
Saturation		-14

Tone Curve

Tone Curve:

Region
Highlights		0
Lights		0
Darks		0
Shadows		0

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The edit creates a restrained, slightly matte cityscape with compressed highlights, open shadows, subdued cool colors, and selectively stronger warm building tones. The result suits the overcast waterfront scene: cloud detail is retained, the skyline remains readable, and the palette feels muted rather than vivid.

Overall look

Adobe Standard provides the base rendering, with Adobe Color look metadata also present. The treatment is intentionally understated: overall saturation is reduced, contrast is controlled, and the tonal endpoints are softened. Inference: this gives the skyline a subdued, mildly film-like documentary character rather than a crisp, highly saturated architectural look.

Light and tone

Exposure is essentially unchanged at -0.05, so the look comes primarily from tonal redistribution. Highlights are pulled down strongly (-69) and whites are reduced (-28), preserving texture in the bright overcast sky and preventing pale façades from becoming harsh. Shadows are raised (+35), while Blacks at +27 and the custom curve’s lifted black point create softer, grayish deepest tones. A small contrast increase (+10) and Clarity (+9) restore separation and building definition after that compression. The curve also lowers the brightest endpoint, reinforcing the muted, non-brilliant highlight finish.

Color

The custom white balance is a neutral daylight-like 5350 K with no tint shift, keeping the cloudy scene cool but not strongly blue. Global saturation is reduced by 14. HSL then makes the desaturation selective: blues, aquas, greens, yellows, purples, and magentas are all reduced, which quiets the sky, water, and incidental city colors. Reds and oranges are increased instead, with red hue shifted toward orange and yellow shifted slightly toward green. This lets brick, rust, and warm façades remain visible against the subdued cool environment. The RGB curves add subtle channel-specific shaping; inference: their stronger blue response near the upper tones helps maintain a faintly cool cast in the bright sky while the warmer HSL adjustments preserve separation in the buildings.

Detail and optical correction

Moderate sharpening uses Amount 40, Radius 1.0, and Detail 25, adding clean edge definition without aggressive micro-detail. No sharpening mask is applied, so the effect also reaches the sky and water. Color noise reduction is set to 25, while luminance noise reduction is zero. The ISO 100 capture materially supports that choice because little luminance smoothing should be necessary. The matching Adobe lens profile for the Sony FE 55mm F1.8 ZA is enabled to correct the lens’s distortion and natural edge shading.

Effects and composition

There is no crop, geometric transform, added vignette, grain, or dehaze. Keeping dehaze at zero preserves the natural atmospheric softness of the cloudy skyline, while the modest clarity adjustment supplies enough local contrast to stop the buildings from looking completely flat.

What mattered most

Strong highlight recovery and reduced whites protect the overcast sky.
Raised shadows and a lifted black point produce the soft, matte tonal floor.
Broad desaturation quiets the scene, while boosted reds and oranges keep warm architecture distinct.
Modest clarity and sharpening restore structure without turning the image into a hard-edged architectural rendering.
No grain, vignette, crop, or dehaze was used; the finish relies mainly on tone curves and selective color control.