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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/2.8

Shutter speed

1/250s

ISO

200

Metering mode

Center-weighted average

Exposure program

Manual

Exposure compensation

Flash

Off, Did not fire

Taken at

2018:08:18 12:07:44

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

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

2018:08:18 12:07:44

FileSource

Digital Camera

ModifyDate

2020:11:21 18:49:43

OffsetTime

+01:00

Saturation

Normal

Compression

JPEG (old-style)

ExifVersion

0231

FocalLength

35.0 mm

LightSource

Unknown

XResolution

240

YResolution

240

ExposureMode

Manual

ExposureTime

1/250

MeteringMode

Center-weighted average

WhiteBalance

Auto

ApertureValue

2.8

CustomRendered

Normal

ResolutionUnit

inches

ThumbnailImage

(Binary data 6757 bytes, use -b option to extract)

BrightnessValue

5.0015625

ExposureProgram

Manual

SensitivityType

Recommended Exposure Index

ThumbnailLength

6757

ThumbnailOffset

942

DateTimeOriginal

2018:08:18 12:07:44

DigitalZoomRatio

MaxApertureValue

2.8

SceneCaptureType

Standard

ShutterSpeedValue

1/250

ExposureCompensation

FocalPlaneXResolution

1675.257385

FocalPlaneYResolution

1675.257385

FocalLengthIn35mmFormat

35 mm

FocalPlaneResolutionUnit

RecommendedExposureIndex

200

Raw XMP data

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IPTC

DateCreated

2018:08:18

TimeCreated

12:07:44

CodedCharacterSet

UTF8

DigitalCreationDate

2018:08:18

DigitalCreationTime

12:07:44

ApplicationRecordVersion

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IPTCDigest

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XResolution

240

YResolution

240

DisplayedUnitsX

inches

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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	5650
Tint		+26

Tone
Exposure		+1.40
Contrast		0
Highlights		+67
Shadows		+34
Whites		+43
Blacks		-27

Presence
Texture		0
Clarity		0
Dehaze		0
Vibrance		0
Saturation		0

Tone Curve

Tone Curve:

Region
Highlights		0
Lights		0
Darks		0
Shadows		0

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The edit creates a bright, minimalist, nearly monochromatic scene while preserving the woman as a small dark visual anchor. Strong global brightening and expanded upper tones make the sky and wet surfaces approach white; selective color reduction suppresses most environmental hues, while firm blacks keep the paving, dress, and reflections from becoming washed out. A rotated, tightly considered crop strengthens the geometric walkways and large negative space.

Overall look and composition

The finished image is deliberately high-key and sparse, with the figure isolated against a broad white background. The crop is rotated by about 4.18° and trims the original frame substantially, refining the alignment and placement of the architectural lines. The woman sits high and right of center, while the dark foreground path creates a strong diagonal lead toward her. This contrast between large empty areas and a small human subject gives the photograph its quiet, graphic quality.

Light and tone

Exposure was raised by a substantial +1.40 stops, establishing the luminous, fog-like appearance. Whites (+43) and highlights (+67) were then pushed further, allowing the sky and reflective pools to become very pale and visually merge in places. Shadows were opened (+34), so detail remains visible in the dark paving and dress rather than collapsing into silhouette. Blacks were simultaneously lowered (-27), restoring dark anchors and edge definition. The custom tone curve lifts the absolute black point while gently brightening much of the tonal range; combined with the negative Blacks setting, this produces deep-looking but slightly softened dark tones rather than harsh, fully clipped black.

Color treatment

The global Saturation and Vibrance controls remain neutral, but the HSL mix removes color selectively and aggressively. Yellow is reduced most strongly (-87), followed by blue (-75), green (-65), magenta (-58), purple (-51), and aqua (-49). This strips color from the architecture, reflected sky, and wet surfaces while leaving red unchanged and orange almost intact. As a result, the woman’s skin and warm hair retain subtle warmth against an environment that reads as cool gray and white. A custom white balance of 5650 K with a pronounced +26 magenta tint also helps prevent the pale scene from appearing green or cyan.

Detail and texture

Standard sharpening is applied at Amount 40 with a 1.0 radius and modest detail, giving the paving joints, dress pattern, and figure enough definition without making the hazy background crisp. Color noise reduction is present at 25, while luminance noise reduction is absent. This is consistent with the clean ISO 200 capture, where strong smoothing was unnecessary.

Grain and finishing

A conspicuous Grain amount of 40, with moderate size and roughness, overlays the otherwise smooth high-key surfaces. This keeps the large white sky and pools from looking digitally sterile and gives the image a film-like, tactile finish. No post-crop vignette, Dehaze, Clarity, or Texture was added, preserving the open, soft atmosphere rather than forcing local contrast.

Retouching

Several healing operations were used. Inference: these likely removed small marks or distracting elements from the clean paving and reflective areas, where isolated blemishes would be especially noticeable. The retouching supports the image’s uncluttered, minimalist presentation rather than changing its main structure.

What mattered most

The high-key appearance comes primarily from the +1.40 exposure increase combined with strongly raised highlights and whites.
Opened shadows reveal the dark structures, while lowered blacks preserve the woman and walkways as graphic anchors.
Heavy selective desaturation makes the setting nearly monochrome while retaining restrained warmth in skin and hair.
Rotation and cropping organize the geometric paths and emphasize negative space.
Strong added grain supplies texture without sacrificing the photograph’s soft, airy atmosphere.