Concrete & Ember Haze
A recipe built for late-summer urban architecture — the kind of afternoon where heat radiates off concrete facades, steel catches orange light, and the sky turns a thick, almost industrial amber. Eterna's naturally flat, desaturated base is pushed with a slight warm white balance shift and boosted color chrome to bring richness to terracotta brick, rusted steel, and sun-bleached concrete without oversaturating. Pulled highlights prevent blown-out sky while lifted shadows keep detail in recessed doorways and colonnades. The result is a wide-release cinematic frame — think brutalist housing blocks, arched train terminals, or modernist plazas bathed in the last heavy light of summer. Grain is kept subtle so architectural texture reads clearly through the haze.
Fujifilm camera settings
| Setting | Value |
|---|---|
| Film simulation | Eterna |
| White balance | Shade |
| Dynamic range | DR200 |
| Highlights | -2 |
| Shadows | +1 |
| Color | +2 |
| Sharpness | +1 |
| Noise reduction | -2 |
| Grain effect | Weak |
| Color chrome effect | Strong |
| Color chrome FX blue | Weak |
| Exposure comp. | +0.3 |
| ISO | 160–800 |
Compatible cameras
- X-T5
- X-T4
- X-T3
- X-H2
- X-H2S
- X-S20
- X-S10
- X-Pro3
- X100VI
- X100V
- GFX 100S
- GFX 50S II