Concrete Haze Meridian

Designed for architectural photography during the late summer midday hours when heat haze softens hard edges and bleaches shadows. The FL (Film) creative look lends a faded, cinematic quality to concrete facades, glass towers, and brutalist structures — giving steel and stone a warm, washed-out atmosphere reminiscent of early 1970s European cinema. Slight fade lifts the blacks to mimic the milky quality of hazy summer air, while reduced sharpness lets geometric lines breathe rather than cut. Pull saturation down to let neutral building tones dominate, with just enough warmth in the white balance to suggest afternoon heat radiating off pavement. Best used between 11am–3pm on hazy late-summer days when the sky is white-blue and the light is omnidirectional. Ideal for capturing brutalist apartment blocks, modernist civic buildings, glass office towers, and urban infrastructure.

Sony camera settings

Compatible cameras

• α7R V
• α7R IV
• α7 IV
• α1
• α7 III
• α6700