The household chef making sandwich melts. I was just trying out the Kodak T-Max 400 film “recipe” found at FujiXWeekly.
Mushrooms!
Mural at La Corona Mexican Restaurant, Orland, CA.
Better B&W Recipe Detection and exif Keywords added to macOS "What was my Fujifilm Recipe" Shortcut
I know that many people choose Fujifilm cameras for black and white photography. I hadn’t explored B&W photography yet so the original macOS “What was my Fujifilm Recipe” didn’t include one specific B&W recipe ingredient: BWAdjustment (Warm/Cool aka WC). So to better match black and white recipes, I’ve added the BWAdjustment exif tag that includes Warm/Cool (WC). Unfortunately, Magenta & Green (MG) setting for black and white toning doesn’t seem to be available in exiftool. So only WC is in BWAdjustment. Despite that, BWAdjustment with Saturation and White Balance should help make B&W film recipes to be a bit more unique for matching.
Finally, this latest Shortcut now can be silenced and keywords can be added to a photo that has a recipe match. By default, the Shortcut will add to a photo separate keywords “Film Recipe” and the matched Recipe name. During setup you can override this by deleting AddKeyword or changing it to anything else. The shortcut also now allows you to disable alerts in case you need it to be silent such as for scripting/further automation. You can override this in setup by deleting NoAlerts or changing it to anything else.
Go to the macOS Film Recipe Shortcut page or download the updated shortcut here: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/eb2aff4ed3654b00a0b3bbf972ebf851
Shortcuts for macOS really makes me want to say many oaths 🤬
Turkey Milanese. A great use of leftover white meat.
Turkey Pho (well, inspired by Pho).
Stuffing waffles for post-Thanksgiving breakfast is now 100% a tradition.
My partner in crime sure does know how to cook a golden, juicy bird.
Earlier this month In Lahaina, Maui, two Java Sparrows (Padda oryzivora) silently discussing the two intrusive humans below them.
For the first time, tried a very simple beer brewing. This is Hank’s Hefeweizen. I’m fermenting in the tub because I worry about leaks despite an hours long leak test last night. It’s already bubbling!
From Maui earlier this month: Waihe’e Ridge Trail. A very popular choice these days. It’s in much better condition than the last time we hiked it in 2015. I recall a big storm washed out the trail, closing it for a while. They did a great job!
Was trying to take a casual picture of The Annie Cat and…
Finished reading: Champion by Marie Lu 📚 I read this one pretty dang fast! I returned it to the digital library 9 days early (21 day loan). ★★★★
From Maui earlier this month: a few more early mornings with Haleakala.
macOS 12 Shortcut: What was my Fujifilm Recipe?
I’ve created a macOS 12 only Shortcut to remind me what Fujifilm Film Simulation or Recipe I used for my off the camera photos. It relies on exiftool being installed and in your path (manually or via Homebrew etc). For some reason I couldn’t successfully compare dictionaries as text in an if statement so I am using hash…
So this Shortcut is tested on Straight Out of the Camera JPEGs from an X100V (X-Trans IV class camera). It requires exiftool as it can add keywords to a matched photo. Be sure to add its path if it isn’t in your system path. You also need to add your own simulations using the exact Schema in the FilmSimulations text box. Hashing is annoying like that. But for me, this is great, because I can’t be bothered to keep track of what recipe I’m using. There are a few comments in this Shortcut that may be of use for those comfortable enough with Shortcuts to try this out…
I’ll update this Shortcut as I make it more sophisticated. I apologize in advance if it doesn’t seem to work for you :-)
Oh, and of course, all built-in or slightly modified recipes come from Fuji X Weekly and Life, Unintended.
Hint: if you allow the Shortcut access to Finder’s Quick Access, you can then right click an image in Finder, go to Quick Actions, and use the Shortcut! Or, if previews/column mode is enabled in Finder, left click an image and the Shortcut will show up below the image preview. Handy!
Download this Shortcut from iCloud.com (you’ll need to give the shortcut access during its first run – the most seamless choice would be Always Allow): https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/eb2aff4ed3654b00a0b3bbf972ebf851
Changelog (I’ll update the iCloud link for each dated “release”):
v.20211204 - Added ability for shortcut using exiftool to add Keywords. Processed photos that match a known recipe can have “Film Recipe” and the determined recipe name added. Delete AddKeyword or change it to something else to disable this feature.Added BWAdjustment to better match with B&W film recipes.
As always, run this against a photo with a new recipe & get the JSON from /tmp/fujirecipelookup.txt and appropriately add to the FilmRecipe definition text box. Added setup to configure the shortcut to show alerts or to not add recipe keywords to a processed photo.
v.20211203 - added AlertMode so users can turn off alerts for scripting. Change NoAlerts in text block above to anything else if you want alert prompts. NoAlerts is used to turn off alert prompts. Use NoKeywords in keyword variable to not add keywords to processed images.
v.20211124 - Remove Dynamic Range because there is too much variability. There’s enough variables that removing DR from match shouldn’t result in false-positives. This allowed me to remove recipes that only had their DR adjusted (mostly because I accidentally set the wrong DR :-p)
v.20211123 - Film Simulations that come with this shortcut are mostly from Fuji X Weekly at fujixweekly.com. I’ve tweaked some of the simulations and those have parentheticals in the keys in the FilmSimulation text box. v.20211123 - added a few more recipes I use, added missing photo file paths, restrict file input to just images. 20211121 - initial release
From Maui earlier this month: sunset on a boat. While we mostly enjoyed the sunset cruise, we learned that we are firmly terrestrial people and won’t bother with boats again. Unless it is a ferry in exceedingly calm waters (like the San Francisco Bay).
With macOS 12.0.1 Shortcuts’ Run Shell Script, Shortcuts often crashes when reading stdout text. After much experimentation, my workaround: send output to a file and then use Shortcut’s File function to read the file into the workflow.
From Maui: Sea Turtle Part Photos
Here’s a collection of sea turtle parts while on Maui earlier this month. I made ample use of the X100V’s continuous shooting mode, getting several hundred photos and out of those only about six with clearly identifiable turtle parts. They’re amazing creatures and I can spend hours watching them from a distance that won’t stress them out.
You will likely need to tap on a photo to zoom in to see details of the turtle part(s) :-)
Turtle fin:
Head of a turtle:
Another head:
Yet another head with perhaps an exposed shell below and left of the head:
Rear of a turtle:
Saw a beautiful orchid today.
From the left: Jupiter, Moon, Saturn. Then just the moon.
Haleakala as the morning sun peaks over. Then crepuscular rays! The first time I ever noticed them.
Dragon’s Teeth at Kapalua, Hawaii.
Playing with Bulb on my X100V. 7 second exposure of Haleakala at nautical dawn. So cool that I can control the shutter with my phone.
Sunrises and Haleakala on Maui, Hawaii never get old.
