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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/4.0

Shutter speed

1/500s

ISO

100

Metering mode

Multi-segment

Exposure program

Aperture-priority AE

Exposure compensation

Flash

Off, Did not fire

Taken at

2016:09:21 22:27:27

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

4.0

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

2016:09:21 22:27:27

FileSource

Digital Camera

ModifyDate

2020:11:21 15:34:10

OffsetTime

+01:00

Saturation

Normal

Compression

JPEG (old-style)

ExifVersion

0231

FocalLength

35.0 mm

LightSource

Unknown

XResolution

240

YResolution

240

ExposureMode

Auto

ExposureTime

1/500

MeteringMode

Multi-segment

WhiteBalance

Auto

ApertureValue

4.0

CustomRendered

Normal

ResolutionUnit

inches

ThumbnailImage

(Binary data 9052 bytes, use -b option to extract)

BrightnessValue

8.6734375

ExposureProgram

Aperture-priority AE

SensitivityType

Recommended Exposure Index

ThumbnailLength

9052

ThumbnailOffset

942

DateTimeOriginal

2016:09:21 22:27:27

DigitalZoomRatio

MaxApertureValue

2.8

SceneCaptureType

Standard

ShutterSpeedValue

1/500

ExposureCompensation

FocalPlaneXResolution

1675.257385

FocalPlaneYResolution

1675.257385

FocalLengthIn35mmFormat

35 mm

FocalPlaneResolutionUnit

RecommendedExposureIndex

100

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IPTC

DateCreated

2016:09:21

TimeCreated

22:27:27

CodedCharacterSet

UTF8

DigitalCreationDate

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DigitalCreationTime

22:27:27

ApplicationRecordVersion

Photoshop

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XResolution

240

YResolution

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DisplayedUnitsX

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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	5750
Tint		-1

Tone
Exposure		+0.17
Contrast		+14
Highlights		-75
Shadows		+51
Whites		-31
Blacks		+32

Presence
Texture		0
Clarity		+15
Dehaze		0
Vibrance		0
Saturation		+3

Tone Curve

Tone Curve:

Region
Highlights		0
Lights		0
Darks		0
Shadows		0

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The edit creates a restrained, moody mountain landscape with soft luminous fog, controlled highlights, opened terrain shadows, and heavily muted foliage colors. Moderate contrast and clarity keep the rock formations defined without using Dehaze, so the clouds retain their natural softness and atmospheric depth.

Overall look

The image is shaped around contrast between pale mist and dark mountain forms. The palette is intentionally subdued: vegetation is pushed toward deep, quiet greens while the warmer rock remains visible as an earthy accent. There is no crop, vignette, grain, or perspective correction, so the look comes primarily from tonal recovery, selective color reduction, and curves rather than stylized effects.

Light and tone

A slight exposure lift (+0.17) brightens the scene, but very strong highlight recovery (-75) and reduced whites (-31) prevent the overcast sky and fog from becoming harsh or featureless. Shadows are opened substantially (+51), revealing the forest and layered rock, while raised Blacks (+32) keep the darkest areas from feeling completely blocked. Moderate global contrast (+14) and a custom S-shaped tone curve then restore separation: lower tones are deepened while upper midtones are lifted. This interaction produces dark, substantial mountains alongside soft, luminous clouds without an overly flat HDR appearance.

Atmosphere and local definition

Clarity is increased moderately (+15), strengthening midtone edges in the cliffs, trees, and ridgelines. Dehaze remains at zero, which is important to the visual character: the edit does not try to cut through the fog, allowing it to stay diffuse and to obscure distant forms naturally. Texture is also unchanged, avoiding excessive micro-detail in the clouds.

Color

A custom white balance of 5750 K with nearly neutral tint keeps the fog slightly warm-neutral rather than stark blue. Overall saturation is only slightly increased, but individual color ranges are strongly reduced: yellow is lowered most (-69), followed by magenta and purple, with green, blue, orange, and aqua also subdued. This broad selective desaturation explains the muted, cinematic palette while leaving red saturation unchanged, helping the reddish-brown rock retain more presence than the foliage. Green hue is shifted +23 toward aqua, contributing to the cooler, less yellow appearance of the forest. The individual RGB curves add a subtle cool bias—especially through relatively stronger blue values in the midtones and highlights—supporting the damp, overcast atmosphere. No split toning or active color grading is present.

Detail and noise

Sharpening is moderate at 40 with a 1.0 radius and low detail emphasis, enough to define the mountain contours without making the mist look brittle. Masking is zero, so sharpening is applied broadly rather than restricted to edges. Standard color-noise reduction is present, while luminance noise reduction is zero. The ISO 100 capture provides context here: little luminance-noise smoothing was needed, allowing the dark landscape to retain natural fine detail.

What mattered most

Strong highlight and white reduction preserve detail and softness in the bright fog.
Lifted shadows and blacks reveal the terrain, while contrast and the custom curve keep the mountains visually solid.
Heavy selective desaturation—especially of yellow—creates the restrained, earthy palette.
Moderate clarity defines the cliffs, but zero Dehaze preserves the fog as a central atmospheric element.
Subtle RGB-curve cooling reinforces the damp, overcast mood without explicit color grading.