Negs On Toast

On the quest for making an everyday Classic Negative based recipe, I fell down the rabbit hole once again and ended up creating ‘Negs On Toast’. A recipe that was meant to look natural ended up being put in the toaster and well… what do you know ‘Negs On Toast’ popped out all warm, brown and toasty.

This recipe is likely to divide opinions, it even divides my opinion at time, but on the whole I think I love it. It’s a bit of a beast to take care when shooting with it! The +3 Shadow can be wild, add the strong small grain, the scorching hot WB shift and a double shot of extra strength Color Chrome FX & Color Chrome FX Blue - this toasty bronco can’t be tamed. The only calm thing about it is the 0 clarity (for ease of shooting).

I think ‘Negs On Toast’ works the best when the sun is in the sky, either high or low. It has a really lovely brown toasty tone which really works when the setting is right. I haven’t tested it on people but I’m not sure it would work so well. Maybe someone else out there wants to try it out for me.

Negs On Toast

Classic Negative
Dynamic Range: 400
Highlight: 0
Shadow: +3
Color: -2
Noise Reduction: -4
Sharpening: -2
Clarity: 0
Grain Effect: Strong, Small
Color Chrome Effect: Strong
Color Chrome Effect Blue: Strong
White Balance: Auto (R7 B-7)