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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/8.0

Shutter speed

1/400s

ISO

100

Metering mode

Multi-segment

Exposure program

Aperture-priority AE

Exposure compensation

-1

Flash

Off, Did not fire

Taken at

2016:09:17 21:21:52

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

2016:09:17 21:21:52

FileSource

Digital Camera

ModifyDate

2020:11:21 15:07:06

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 11250 bytes, use -b option to extract)

BrightnessValue

9.49375

ExposureProgram

Aperture-priority AE

SensitivityType

Recommended Exposure Index

ThumbnailLength

11250

ThumbnailOffset

942

DateTimeOriginal

2016:09:17 21:21:52

DigitalZoomRatio

MaxApertureValue

1.8

SceneCaptureType

Standard

ShutterSpeedValue

1/400

ExposureCompensation

-1

FocalPlaneXResolution

1675.257385

FocalPlaneYResolution

1675.257385

FocalLengthIn35mmFormat

55 mm

FocalPlaneResolutionUnit

RecommendedExposureIndex

100

Raw XMP data

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IPTC

DateCreated

2016:09:17

TimeCreated

21:21:52

CodedCharacterSet

UTF8

DigitalCreationDate

2016:09:17

DigitalCreationTime

21:21:52

ApplicationRecordVersion

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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	5400
Tint		+3

Tone
Exposure		+0.24
Contrast		+7
Highlights		-62
Shadows		+40
Whites		+20
Blacks		-22

Presence
Texture		0
Clarity		0
Dehaze		0
Vibrance		+15
Saturation		+1

Tone Curve

Tone Curve:

Region
Highlights		0
Lights		0
Darks		0
Shadows		0

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The edit creates a restrained, cool-toned landscape in which the luminous fog remains soft while the surrounding vegetation and rock retain depth. Broad tonal recovery controls the scene’s high contrast, selective color reductions prevent the foliage from overpowering the mist, and subtle blue toning unifies the atmosphere.

Overall look

The finished image balances bright, ethereal mist against dark, subdued hillsides. Adobe Color provides the base rendering, but the final character comes mainly from compressed highlights, opened shadows, firm blacks, muted vegetation, and cool split toning. No Dehaze, Clarity, or Texture was added, so the fog keeps its naturally diffuse appearance rather than becoming artificially defined.

Light and tone

Exposure was raised slightly (+0.24), while Highlights were reduced strongly to -62. This brightens the scene without allowing the pale mist and sky to become harsh or lose their gentle gradation. Shadows at +40 reveal vegetation and rock detail, but Blacks at -22 restore a dark anchor in the foreground and along the slopes. Whites at +20 give the fog a luminous upper range, while the modest contrast increase and custom tone curve add separation through the darker terrain. The result is controlled dynamic range rather than a flat HDR-like rendering.

Color and atmosphere

White balance is near neutral daylight at 5400K with a slight magenta tint, avoiding an excessively green cast. Global Vibrance is raised moderately while overall Saturation is almost unchanged, but the foliage colors are selectively restrained: Green saturation is reduced substantially to -58, Yellow by -25, and Orange by -17. Green hue is shifted +13, helping move the vegetation away from a bright, dominant natural green. Subtle blue toning around hue 210 is applied to both highlights and shadows, more strongly in the highlights, which reinforces the cool blue-cyan appearance of the mist. Inference: these selective changes were intended to make the valley feel humid, distant, and atmospheric while keeping the greenery visually secondary.

Detail and capture context

Sharpening is moderate, with a standard radius and relatively low detail emphasis. Color noise reduction is applied at its default-strength level, while luminance noise reduction remains at zero. The ISO 100 capture provides context for that choice: there was little need to smooth luminance noise, allowing fine vegetation and rock texture to remain intact. Because sharpening masking is zero, sharpening can affect the fog as well as the terrain, but the moderate amount limits an overly crisp result.

Lens and finishing choices

The Adobe profile for the Sony FE 55mm F1.8 ZA is enabled to correct lens distortion and vignetting at full strength. There is no crop, perspective correction, added grain, post-crop vignette, or manual defringing. These restrained finishing choices keep attention on the natural valley shape and tonal transition into the fog rather than adding an obvious stylized frame.

What mattered most

Strong highlight recovery preserves the bright fog while raised shadows reveal the valley walls.
Lowered blacks and a custom curve keep the atmospheric image from looking washed out.
Heavy green desaturation is central to the subdued, cinematic vegetation.
Subtle blue toning unifies the shadows and mist without relying on Dehaze or Clarity.
Minimal noise reduction and moderate sharpening suit the clean ISO 100 capture.