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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/1.8

Shutter speed

1/200s

ISO

160

Metering mode

Spot

Exposure program

Manual

Exposure compensation

-0.7

Flash

Off, Did not fire

Taken at

2016:09:17 04:13:20

Software

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 10.0 (Macintosh)

no copyright note in EXIF

GPS Location

—

GPS Altitude

—

GPS Date & time

—

Raw EXIF data

ISO

160

Make

SONY

Flash

Off, Did not fire

Model

ILCE-7M2

FNumber

1.8

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

2016:09:17 04:13:20

FileSource

Digital Camera

ModifyDate

2020:11:21 14:23:23

OffsetTime

+01:00

Saturation

Normal

Compression

JPEG (old-style)

ExifVersion

0231

FocalLength

55.0 mm

LightSource

Unknown

XResolution

240

YResolution

240

ExposureMode

Manual

ExposureTime

1/200

MeteringMode

Spot

WhiteBalance

Auto

ApertureValue

1.8

CustomRendered

Normal

ResolutionUnit

inches

ThumbnailImage

(Binary data 5546 bytes, use -b option to extract)

BrightnessValue

2.84921875

ExposureProgram

Manual

SensitivityType

Recommended Exposure Index

ThumbnailLength

5546

ThumbnailOffset

942

DateTimeOriginal

2016:09:17 04:13:20

DigitalZoomRatio

MaxApertureValue

1.8

SceneCaptureType

Standard

ShutterSpeedValue

1/200

ExposureCompensation

-0.7

FocalPlaneXResolution

1675.257385

FocalPlaneYResolution

1675.257385

FocalLengthIn35mmFormat

55 mm

FocalPlaneResolutionUnit

RecommendedExposureIndex

160

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IPTC

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2016:09:17

TimeCreated

04:13:20

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DigitalCreationTime

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Look

Name	Adobe Color
Group	Profiles
Cluster
Amount	1.0

Note on Looks

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Basic

Profile	Adobe Standard
White Balance	As Shot
Temperature	5900
Tint		-23

Tone
Exposure		+0.50
Contrast		+7
Highlights		-46
Shadows		+30
Whites		+23
Blacks		+1

Presence
Texture		0
Clarity		0
Dehaze		0
Vibrance		0
Saturation		0

Tone Curve

Tone Curve:

Region
Highlights		0
Lights		0
Darks		0
Shadows		0

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The edit creates a subdued, hazy coastal scene with softly lifted shadows, restrained highlights, muted blue and yellow color, and a pronounced film-like grain. The result feels atmospheric rather than crisp or highly saturated, with the small sailboat remaining the visual anchor against broad bands of beach, water, and pastel sky.

Overall look

The Adobe Color look provides the base rendering, but the custom curves and selective color reductions push it toward a muted, slightly faded aesthetic. Clarity, Texture, Dehaze, global Saturation, and Vibrance were left neutral, so the photograph retains the naturally soft, misty character visible across the distant water and skyline rather than gaining artificial crispness.

Light and tone

Exposure was raised by half a stop to open the dim scene. Highlights were pulled down substantially (-46) while Shadows were lifted (+30), preserving the pale sky and making the dark beach more readable. Whites were then raised (+23), which keeps the sail and brighter parts of the sky from becoming dull. A small Contrast increase adds separation between the horizontal layers. The custom master tone curve lifts the black endpoint and compresses the brightest endpoint, producing the faded, low-glare blacks and softened whites that give the image its filmic quality.

Color

White balance is relatively warm at 5900K, but the unusually strong greenward Tint setting (-23) counteracts magenta and encourages the cool cyan-green cast in the water and haze. The individual red, green, and blue curves introduce further subtle color separation; inference: their differing midtone and upper-tone shapes help create the pink-lilac upper sky against the cooler turquoise horizon. Blue saturation was reduced by 14, preventing the water and haze from becoming vivid, while yellow saturation was reduced heavily (-36) and yellow luminance raised (+24). This makes sand and other yellowish areas paler and less colorful, supporting the subdued palette. No color grading or split toning was added.

Composition and geometry

The frame was rotated by roughly one degree and cropped, mainly from the right and bottom, to level the shoreline and refine the balance between the sailboat, open water, and pier. Upright correction and the matching Sony 55mm lens profile were enabled, helping keep the pier and horizon geometry controlled while correcting the lens’s native distortion and vignetting.

Detail and effects

Sharpening is moderate, with no edge masking, so it adds some definition throughout rather than isolating only strong edges. Color noise reduction is applied at the standard level, while luminance noise reduction is absent; at ISO 160, heavy luminance smoothing was not necessary. Grain is a major stylistic choice: an amount of 30 with a large size of 60 and fairly high roughness adds visible, coarse texture across the smooth sky and dark foreground. Inference: this grain deliberately replaces digital cleanliness with an older, atmospheric film character.

What mattered most

Lifted blacks and compressed highlights create the faded tonal foundation.
Highlight recovery and shadow lifting preserve detail across the pale sky and dark beach.
Reduced blue and yellow saturation keeps the coastal palette quiet and misty.
The warm temperature, greenward tint, and RGB curves help separate the pink-lilac sky from the cyan horizon.
Large, noticeable grain is central to the finished film-like appearance.