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

Edward Leung

6 days ago

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Verdigris poster of a green bronze statue reaching to an eagle by a misty lakeside, with blue water and distant hills. — Bronze statue of Ganymede and eagle with verdigris patina adorns a European lakeside, set against a serene, hazy backdrop.

Split before/after of an oxidized copper roof over a hazy lake, labeled Verdigris, with BEFORE and AFTER at top. — Comparison of an oxidized copper roof before and after exposure, set against the serene backdrop of a hazy lake.

Split-screen before/after of a verdigris bronze statue by a lakeside railing under a blue sky, with Verdigris text. — A lakeside bronze statue showcasing the genuine verdigris patina, before and after restoration.

Split before-and-after of a teal river beside a city, with cloudy sky and the title Verdigris. — The image showcases a split view of a picturesque river scene with a vibrant teal hue, overlooked by a quaint townscape. The transformation highlights enhanced clarity and vividness, with an inviting boat drifting beneath a weathered wooden bridge.

A patina-blue recipe for coastal and lakeside light

Three frames from a European lakeside trip went into this one -- a bronze statue gone genuinely blue-green with age, a copper church spire oxidized the exact same color, and a river running teal under the dark, weathered timber of a centuries-old bridge. The recipe wasn't planned around a metal patina going in; it just kept showing up in the same afternoon of photos, on bronze, on copper, and in the water itself, until it felt worth building a look around on purpose.

Verdigris leans on Fujifilm's Color Chrome FX Blue -- a tool built specifically for deepening blue and cyan rendering without dragging the whole image's saturation up with it -- pushed hard against a muted Classic Chrome base. The result keeps warm stone, wood, and sand honest while water, sky-reflection, and anything already blue-green goes properly saturated.

In-Camera JPEG Recipe (Fujifilm X100V)

Film Simulation: Classic Chrome
Dynamic Range: DR200
Highlight Tone: -2
Shadow Tone: 0
Color: +1
Sharpness: -1
Noise Reduction: -3
Grain Effect: Weak, Small
Color Chrome Effect: Strong
Color Chrome FX Blue: Strong
White Balance: Daylight, R: -2, B: +3
ISO: Auto (160-6400)
Exposure Compensation: 0 to -1/3

Lightroom / RAW Equivalent

Profile: Adobe Color
Exposure: -0.15
Contrast: +18
Highlights: -45
Shadows: +20
Whites: -12
Blacks: +6
Temperature: -8
Tint: +3
Vibrance: +18
Saturation: -4
Clarity: +12
Dehaze: +10
Vignette: -14

HSL / Color Mixer

Red: Saturation -5
Orange: Saturation +8, Luminance +5
Yellow: Saturation +5
Green: Hue +10, Saturation +10
Aqua: Hue -5, Saturation +35, Luminance +5
Blue: Hue -5, Saturation +30
Purple: Saturation -5
Magenta: Saturation -5

Split Toning, Detail & Calibration

Split Toning: Highlights hue 45 / saturation 8 (warm amber); Shadows hue 190 / saturation 12 (cyan-teal); Balance -10
Sharpening: Amount 45, Radius 1.0, Detail 30, Masking 10
Noise Reduction: Luminance 15, Detail 50, Color 20
Camera Calibration: Green Primary hue -8 / saturation +10; Blue Primary hue -8 / saturation +15 -- the key move that shifts blue toward a true cyan-teal

Full write-up and a free Lightroom .xmp preset are available for download -- the preset file and a couple of sample images will be added here shortly.