Cloud Ultra

When editing RAW images in Lightroom, I feel like I spend the majority of my time on two things… adding a good amount of contrast and playing with the HSL to make certain colours pop and stand out. I feel like the reason I end up spending so much time on this, is because there are just so many days of wet, dreary, overcast, flat, grey, dull days here in Northern Ireland. Obviously with Fujifilm recipes, the ‘editing’ process is done before the photograph is taken and so I wanted to create a recipe that would give me instant hit of saturation and contrast even on the cloudiest of days!

I based this one on the Film Simulation Astia because I love it’s tones. The final look almost reminds me of Kodak Ultramax colours and so the finishing touch was adding a Large, Strong Grain to accompany the OTT Color and boosted Shadows.

Rust Roamer

Astia
Dynamic Range: 100
Highlight: 0
Shadow: +3
Color: +4
Noise Reduction: -4
Sharpening: 0
Clarity: 0
Grain Effect: Strong, Large
Color Chrome Effect: Strong
Color Chrome Effect Blue: Off
White Balance: 6700K (R4 B4)