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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/5.6

Shutter speed

1/400s

ISO

100

Metering mode

Multi-segment

Exposure program

Aperture-priority AE

Exposure compensation

Flash

Off, Did not fire

Taken at

2018:06:09 19:04:32

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

5.6

Contrast

Normal

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

2018:06:09 19:04:32

FileSource

Digital Camera

ModifyDate

2020:11:21 17:14:39

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

5.6

CustomRendered

Normal

ResolutionUnit

inches

ThumbnailImage

(Binary data 14182 bytes, use -b option to extract)

BrightnessValue

9.84921875

ExposureProgram

Aperture-priority AE

SensitivityType

Recommended Exposure Index

ThumbnailLength

14182

ThumbnailOffset

942

DateTimeOriginal

2018:06:09 19:04:32

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

2018:06:09

TimeCreated

19:04:32

CodedCharacterSet

UTF8

DigitalCreationDate

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DigitalCreationTime

19:04:32

ApplicationRecordVersion

Photoshop

IPTCDigest

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XResolution

240

YResolution

240

DisplayedUnitsX

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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	As Shot
Temperature	5050
Tint		+5

Tone
Exposure		-0.3
Contrast		+7
Highlights		-25
Shadows		+25
Whites		+34
Blacks		-12

Presence
Texture		0
Clarity		0
Dehaze		0
Vibrance		+7
Saturation		+2

Tone Curve

Tone Curve:

Region
Highlights		0
Lights		0
Darks		0
Shadows		0

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The edit creates a crisp, slightly film-textured Venice cityscape with warm terracotta roofs set against a restrained cyan-blue sky. Tonal recovery keeps the pale architecture and sky controlled while preserving readable rooftop shadows, and selective HSL adjustments concentrate attention on the orange masonry rather than broadly increasing saturation.

Overall look and composition

The frame was cropped from the top and left, tightening the composition around the rooftops, domes, and bell tower while still retaining a large area of open sky. Lens-profile correction for the Sony FE 55mm F1.8 ZA was enabled at full strength, helping keep the architectural scene geometrically clean and correcting the lens’s native distortion and vignetting. No perspective correction or added vignette was used.

Light and tone

Exposure was lowered slightly by 0.30 EV, while highlights were reduced and shadows lifted by equal moderate amounts. This compresses the scene’s strong daylight range: pale buildings and bright sky remain controlled, but detail survives beneath roofs and balconies. Whites were then raised substantially and blacks lowered, restoring bright sparkle and a firm dark anchor after that recovery. A small contrast increase and custom curve deepen the lower tones while gently lifting the brighter midtones, producing a punchy result without sacrificing highlight detail.

Color

The as-shot white balance is moderately neutral at 5050 K with a slight magenta tint, allowing the roofs to read warmly without making the entire image golden. Global vibrance and saturation were raised only slightly. Most of the color styling comes from targeted HSL work: yellow was shifted strongly toward orange and heavily desaturated, while green was also greatly reduced. This consolidates mixed roof and masonry colors into a more coherent terracotta palette and removes distracting yellow-green notes. Orange luminance was raised, helping sunlit brick and roof tiles stay vivid and readable. Aqua and blue saturation were reduced, with small hue shifts, giving the expansive sky its soft, restrained cyan-blue character rather than an intense modern blue. Inference: this selective warm-versus-cool treatment is intended to evoke a refined travel-postcard or lightly vintage palette.

Detail and texture

Moderate sharpening was applied with a standard 1.0 radius and low detail emphasis. Because masking is zero, sharpening affects broad areas as well as architectural edges, although the restrained amount avoids an aggressively crisp appearance. Color noise reduction is present, but luminance noise reduction is off; at the captured ISO 100, strong luminance smoothing was unnecessary. Clarity, Texture, and Dehaze were all left neutral, so local contrast remains natural rather than highly processed.

Grain and finish

A relatively strong grain amount of 40, with medium size and frequency, adds visible texture—especially across the broad, even sky—and softens the otherwise clean digital rendering. This is the main finishing effect and supports the inferred film-like travel aesthetic. No post-crop vignette, color grading, split toning, or channel-specific tone curves were added, so the finish relies on grain, tonal shaping, and selective HSL color control.

What mattered most

Recovered highlights and lifted shadows balance the bright daylight, while raised whites and lowered blacks preserve visual punch.
Strong yellow and green suppression simplifies the palette and makes the terracotta rooftops the dominant color feature.
Reduced aqua and blue saturation keeps the large sky calm and prevents it from overpowering the architecture.
Intentional grain supplies the vintage texture; the edit does not rely on Clarity, Dehaze, vignetting, or color grading.