Nocturne: A Fujifilm X100V Film Recipe (In-Camera JPEG + Lightroom/RAW Guide)

Edward Leung
Aug 12
2 min read

Eiffel Tower lit gold against a deep blue night sky, with text Nocturne and Fujifilm Recipe, After55ed Archive. — "Nocturne: Capturing the Eiffel Tower's Radiant Glow with Fujifilm X100V for a Cool, Deep Night Aesthetic."

Side-by-side before/after nighttime Eiffel Tower in Paris, lit gold against blue sky; text reads Nocturne, BEFORE, AFTER. — A vibrant transformation of the Eiffel Tower at night is showcased in a before-and-after comparison, highlighting the enhanced contrast and color saturation in the "Nocturne" photo edit.

Before/after photo of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris at dusk, with blurred cars and a darker nocturne edit. — Time-lapse photography brings out the dynamic night transformation of Arc de Triomphe in Paris, highlighting vibrant street details and architectural grandeur.

Before/after of a narrow Vatican Museums corridor in Rome with a chair by a barred window, warm light and darkened tones. — A corridor in the Vatican Museums in Rome, showcasing a before-and-after comparison titled "Nocturne," highlighting changes in lighting and color tone.

Nocturne — A Fujifilm X100V Film Recipe

Nocturne is a deep, cool-dominant night look built around ETERNA's flat, wide-dynamic-range base. The palette leans hard into ink-blue and indigo shadow, with a single warm amber accent reserved for glow sources and light -- inspired by a night-sky astrophotography reference, all deep blue-black gradient sky and a warm glowing core against near-black foreground silhouette.

Three frames from a European trip carry the look here: the Eiffel Tower glowing gold against a deep blue dusk sky, the Arc de Triomphe at blue hour with traffic trailing past in long exposure, and a quiet sunlit corridor inside the Vatican Museums.

In-Camera JPEG Recipe (Fujifilm X100V)

Setting	Value
Film Simulation	ETERNA
Dynamic Range	DR400
Highlight Tone	-2
Shadow Tone	+2
Color	+2
Sharpness	0
Noise Reduction	-2
Grain Effect	Strong, Large
Color Chrome Effect	Off
Color Chrome FX Blue	Strong
White Balance	Auto, R: -3, B: +5
ISO	Auto (200-12800)
Exposure Comp.	-1 to -1 1/3

Lightroom / RAW Equivalent

Setting	Value
Profile	Adobe Color
Exposure	-0.20
Contrast	+28
Highlights	-45
Shadows	+18
Whites	-12
Blacks	-8
Temperature	-12
Tint	+6
Vibrance	+18
Saturation	+4
Clarity	+18
Dehaze	+12
Vignette	-22

Tone Curve

A firmer S-curve than usual: highlights pulled down harder to protect glow sources, blacks kept deep rather than lifted -- a punchier, more nocturnal contrast curve. Highlights: noticeable decrease. Lights: slight decrease. Darks: slight decrease. Shadows: minimal change, kept close to true black.

HSL / Color Mixer

Red Hue +5, Saturation +10, Luminance +5. Orange Hue +5, Saturation +10, Luminance +5. Yellow Hue 0, Saturation -5. Green Hue -15, Saturation -25. Aqua Hue +5, Saturation +15. Blue Hue -8, Saturation +25, Luminance -10. Purple Hue +5, Saturation +20, Luminance +5. Magenta Hue -5, Saturation +15.

Split Toning

Highlights: Hue 40, Saturation 8 (warm amber glow tint, reserved for light sources). Shadows: Hue 230, Saturation 15 (deep ink-blue/indigo tint). Balance: -10, favoring the shadow tone since most of the frame sits in the dark register.

Detail

Sharpening -- Amount: 45, Radius: 0.8, Detail: 35, Masking: 15 (masked to avoid sharpening noise in flat sky areas). Noise Reduction -- Luminance: 25, Detail: 60, Contrast: 10, Color: 40, Color Detail: 60, Smoothness: 50 (higher than typical, matching the high-ISO/long-exposure origin of this look).

Calibration

Red Primary Hue -5, Saturation +5. Green Primary Hue -10, Saturation -10 (a standard astro-processing correction to suppress green-channel cast). Blue Primary Hue +8, Saturation +10.

Full recipe write-up and the Lightroom .xmp preset are available on the site.