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Camera settings (EXIF data)

Camera Sony Sony a7 II

Full frame (35.8 x 23.9 mm)

Lens FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS

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Focal length

90.0 mm

Aperture

ƒ/2.8

Shutter speed

1/1250s

ISO

200

Metering mode

Multi-segment

Exposure program

Aperture-priority AE

Exposure compensation

Flash

Off, Did not fire

Taken at

2018:07:17 07:56:30

Software

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 10.0 (Macintosh)

no copyright note in EXIF

GPS Location

—

GPS Altitude

—

GPS Date & time

—

Raw EXIF data

ISO

200

Make

SONY

Flash

Off, Did not fire

Model

ILCE-7M2

FNumber

2.8

Contrast

Normal

LensInfo

90mm f/2.8

Software

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 10.0 (Macintosh)

LensModel

FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS

SceneType

Directly photographed

Sharpness

Normal

ColorSpace

sRGB

CreateDate

2018:07:17 07:56:30

FileSource

Digital Camera

ModifyDate

2020:11:21 18:45:09

OffsetTime

+01:00

Saturation

Normal

Compression

JPEG (old-style)

ExifVersion

0231

FocalLength

90.0 mm

LightSource

Unknown

XResolution

240

YResolution

240

ExposureMode

Auto

ExposureTime

1/1250

MeteringMode

Multi-segment

WhiteBalance

Auto

ApertureValue

2.8

CustomRendered

Normal

ResolutionUnit

inches

ThumbnailImage

(Binary data 12197 bytes, use -b option to extract)

BrightnessValue

7.8296875

ExposureProgram

Aperture-priority AE

SensitivityType

Recommended Exposure Index

ThumbnailLength

12197

ThumbnailOffset

952

DateTimeOriginal

2018:07:17 07:56:30

DigitalZoomRatio

MaxApertureValue

2.8

SceneCaptureType

Standard

ShutterSpeedValue

1/1250

ExposureCompensation

FocalPlaneXResolution

1675.257385

FocalPlaneYResolution

1675.257385

FocalLengthIn35mmFormat

90 mm

FocalPlaneResolutionUnit

RecommendedExposureIndex

200

Raw XMP data

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IPTC

DateCreated

2018:07:17

TimeCreated

07:56:30

CodedCharacterSet

UTF8

DigitalCreationDate

2018:07:17

DigitalCreationTime

07:56:30

ApplicationRecordVersion

Photoshop

IPTCDigest

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XResolution

240

YResolution

240

DisplayedUnitsX

inches

DisplayedUnitsY

inches

PhotoshopThumbnail

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Adobe Lightroom edits

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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	Custom
Temperature	5050
Tint		+17

Tone
Exposure		+0.45
Contrast		+60
Highlights		-66
Shadows		+37
Whites		+59
Blacks		-30

Presence
Texture		0
Clarity		0
Dehaze		0
Vibrance		+15
Saturation		+2

Tone Curve

Tone Curve:

Region
Highlights		0
Lights		0
Darks		0
Shadows		0

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The edit creates a cool, nearly monochrome, high-contrast morning scene. Strong striped sunlight remains bright and graphic, while recovered highlights and opened shadows preserve detail in the white cup and rumpled bedding. Heavy selective desaturation, subtle blue toning, and a gently faded tone curve give the image a restrained, film-like finish rather than a literal black-and-white conversion.

Overall look

The photograph was kept in color but pushed close to monochrome. This preserves faint cool tonal differences in the fabric and shadows while making the repeating bands of light, the cup, and the dark coffee the main visual elements. Adobe Color provides the base rendering, but the subsequent tonal and HSL adjustments largely define the finished style.

Light and tone

Exposure was raised by 0.45 stop, with very strong contrast (+60) and brighter whites (+59), emphasizing the hard sunlight and making the cup stand out. Highlights were pulled down substantially (-66), which helps retain texture in the illuminated bedding and detail along the white cup instead of allowing those areas to become featureless. Shadows were opened (+37), but blacks were deepened (-30), so the shaded folds remain readable while the narrow cast-shadow bands stay bold. The custom curve lifts the absolute black point and slightly lowers the brightest endpoint; in combination with the strong Basic-panel contrast, this produces punchy internal contrast with softened, slightly faded extremes rather than pure black and clipped white.

Color treatment

Most natural color was removed selectively: yellow, orange, and green saturation were reduced especially heavily, with aqua and blue also muted. This explains the almost black-and-white appearance without using Lightroom’s grayscale conversion. A custom white balance of 5050 K with +17 tint helps prevent the neutral bedding from leaning green, while blue split toning at hue 210 was applied subtly to both highlights and shadows. The result is the visible cool blue-gray atmosphere. Vibrance (+15) and a very small global saturation increase (+2) retain subtle separation among the remaining cool tones rather than making the image completely neutral.

Detail and capture context

Moderate sharpening was applied at the default-like radius, with no added Texture, Clarity, or Dehaze. This keeps the cup lettering and fabric creases defined without making the bedding look brittle. Color noise reduction was used, but luminance noise reduction was left at zero; the ISO 200 capture provides little reason for aggressive smoothing. The 90 mm lens at f/2.8 is capture context rather than an edit, but it materially explains the relatively shallow focus and soft falloff around the cup, which the restrained detail controls preserve.

Effects and framing

No grain, vignette, crop, perspective correction, or manual distortion adjustment was added. The graphic composition and diagonal shadow pattern therefore come primarily from the original framing and lighting. Inference: avoiding a vignette lets the natural bands of window light carry the viewer’s eye across the entire frame instead of artificially concentrating attention at the center.

What mattered most

Strong contrast, bright whites, and deep blacks make the window-blind shadows graphic.
Highlight recovery and lifted shadows retain texture despite the hard directional light.
Heavy HSL desaturation creates a near-monochrome image while preserving subtle cool color.
Blue toning in both highlights and shadows establishes the cohesive blue-gray mood.
A lifted black point and softened white endpoint add a mild faded-film character without sacrificing midtone contrast.
Minimal detail and effects processing keeps the result soft, natural, and dependent on the original light.