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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 35mm f/2.8 ZA

min. focus distance: 13.78" / 35 cm

stabilization: no

weight: 120 g

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Focal length

35.0 mm

Aperture

ƒ/6.3

Shutter speed

1/1000s

ISO

100

Metering mode

Multi-segment

Exposure program

Aperture-priority AE

Exposure compensation

-1

Flash

Off, Did not fire

Taken at

2016:09:17 23:51:17

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

6.3

Contrast

Low

LensInfo

35mm f/2.8

Software

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 10.0 (Macintosh)

LensModel

FE 35mm F2.8 ZA

SceneType

Directly photographed

Sharpness

Normal

ColorSpace

sRGB

CreateDate

2016:09:17 23:51:17

FileSource

Digital Camera

ModifyDate

2020:11:21 15:11:08

OffsetTime

+01:00

Saturation

Normal

Compression

JPEG (old-style)

ExifVersion

0231

FocalLength

35.0 mm

LightSource

Unknown

XResolution

240

YResolution

240

ExposureMode

Auto bracket

ExposureTime

1/1000

MeteringMode

Multi-segment

WhiteBalance

Auto

ApertureValue

6.3

CustomRendered

Normal

ResolutionUnit

inches

ThumbnailImage

(Binary data 7951 bytes, use -b option to extract)

BrightnessValue

10.9703125

ExposureProgram

Aperture-priority AE

SensitivityType

Recommended Exposure Index

ThumbnailLength

7951

ThumbnailOffset

942

DateTimeOriginal

2016:09:17 23:51:17

DigitalZoomRatio

MaxApertureValue

2.8

SceneCaptureType

Standard

ShutterSpeedValue

1/1000

ExposureCompensation

-1

FocalPlaneXResolution

1675.257385

FocalPlaneYResolution

1675.257385

FocalLengthIn35mmFormat

35 mm

FocalPlaneResolutionUnit

RecommendedExposureIndex

100

Raw XMP data

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IPTC

DateCreated

2016:09:17

TimeCreated

23:51:17

CodedCharacterSet

UTF8

DigitalCreationDate

2016:09:17

DigitalCreationTime

23:51:17

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	5850
Tint		+5

Tone
Exposure		+0.29
Contrast		+7
Highlights		-77
Shadows		+50
Whites		+2
Blacks		+60

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

Tone Curve

Tone Curve:

Region
Highlights		0
Lights		0
Darks		0
Shadows		0

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The edit creates a muted, atmospheric coastal landscape with soft fog, restrained earth colors, cool cyan-blue water and sky, and a gently faded tonal finish. Strong highlight recovery preserves the bright mist, while lifted shadows and blacks reveal the cliffs without making the scene look harsh. The lack of clarity, dehaze, and texture adjustments is central to keeping the fog soft and natural.

Light and tone

Exposure was raised slightly (+0.29), but highlights were pulled down strongly (-77) to retain gradation in the bright sky and fog. Shadows were opened substantially (+50), and the Blacks setting was raised to +60, revealing more detail in the dark foreground and cliff faces. A custom tone curve lifts the black point and slightly lowers the white endpoint, producing the faded, compressed finish rather than deep blacks and brilliant whites. The small contrast increase (+7) adds enough separation to keep the coastline readable despite this tonal compression. Inference: the capture’s -1 EV exposure compensation likely helped preserve the luminous mist and sky, after which the edit restored darker terrain through shadow and black adjustments.

Color treatment

A custom white balance of 5850 K with a slight magenta tint keeps the scene from becoming excessively cold or green. Vibrance is raised modestly (+15), but targeted HSL reductions strongly mute yellow, green, and orange, with a smaller reduction in blue. This combination preserves some color presence in the sky and sea while turning the vegetation and rock into subdued olive-brown tones. Hue shifts move yellow and green away from their default rendering and shift blue slightly, helping create the cool cyan water and sky seen in the finished image. The individual red, green, and blue tone curves add subtle channel-specific color shaping, reinforcing the cool atmospheric character without overt split toning or color grading.

Atmosphere and local contrast

Clarity, Texture, and Dehaze are all left at zero. This is visually important: the fog remains smooth and luminous, distant landforms recede naturally, and the water is not forced into an overly crisp or dramatic rendering. The image’s depth comes primarily from natural atmospheric perspective and tonal separation rather than aggressive microcontrast.

Detail and noise

Sharpening is moderate at 40 with a 1.0 radius and low detail emphasis. No masking is applied, so sharpening affects the frame broadly, but the conservative settings avoid making the fog look gritty. Color noise reduction is set to the standard 25, while luminance noise reduction is zero. That restraint fits the clean ISO 100 capture and helps retain natural fine detail in the cliffs and water.

Composition and effects

The crop removes roughly 14% from the right and bottom while retaining the original aspect relationship, shifting emphasis toward the left-hand cliffs, winding shoreline, and open fog above the sea. No vignette, grain, lens-profile correction, manual distortion correction, or defringing was added. The finished appearance therefore relies on the crop, tonal compression, and selective color control rather than conspicuous effects.

What mattered most

Strong highlight recovery protects the bright fog and sky.
Lifted shadows, raised blacks, and the custom curve create an open, matte tonal range.
Heavy desaturation of yellows, greens, and oranges gives the cliffs their restrained olive-brown palette.
Cool blues remain present but subdued, supporting the misty coastal mood.
Leaving Dehaze, Clarity, and Texture at zero preserves the photograph’s natural softness and atmospheric depth.