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AI reference frame for the Nikon recipe Ember Glow Faces AI reference frame Nikon · 2026-11-10

Ember Glow Faces

Rich Tone Portrait
Picture Control
Rich Tone Portrait
White balance
5600K
WB shift
A2, 0
Sharpening
+1.50
Mid-range sharpening
+1.25
Clarity
+0.75
Contrast
+0.50
Saturation
+1.75
Brightness
+0.25
Hue
-0.50
Active D-Lighting
Low
Exposure comp.
+0.3
ISO
100–800

Bodies Nikon Z9, Nikon Z8, Nikon Z6 III, Nikon Z f, Nikon Z5 II, Nikon Z5 IIC, Nikon Z50 II

This image is an AI reference frame: Luma generates it alongside the recipe to show the mood being aimed at. No photograph here was taken with these settings, and it is not a sample of what your camera will produce. The settings values are the real thing.

About this recipe

A vibrant portrait recipe built for mid-autumn afternoon sessions, where warm golden-hour light bounces off a canopy of orange and yellow foliage and bathes faces in rich, saturated amber. The Rich Tone Portrait picture control delivers creamy, luminous skin while keeping the autumn palette punchy and alive. Boosted saturation makes the background foliage pop with reds, yellows, and deep oranges without tipping into artificiality, and the slight warmth in the white balance wraps the whole scene in that signature November glow. Clarity is kept gentle so skin texture stays flattering, while mid-range sharpening brings out the fine detail in hair and eyelashes. Use this recipe for outdoor portrait sessions beneath deciduous trees at golden hour, or anywhere warm autumn light wraps around your subject. Pairs especially well with subjects wearing earth-tone or jewel-tone clothing.

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