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02/12/2008 02:11:03 AM · #1 |
I took sevral shots in this pay area, i had white balance at auto, and photos have a orange tint to them.
It might have gotten confused because of the lighting in the room combined with the natural light out side of the area.
I often end up with photos loking like this..does anyone have any tips as to how they would shoot this?
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02/12/2008 02:32:41 AM · #2 |
If you have Photoshop CS2, try this to correct it:
Open, Image, Adjustments, Match color, Click the Neutralize box, slide the Luminance slider on top to about 120, slide the Color Intensity slider to about 115, and slide the Fade slider to about 10. Simple way to adjust a color cast/white balance issue.
In regards to getting it right in the camera, someone with Nikon experience will be far more help than I can offer.
Message edited by author 2008-02-12 02:34:29. |
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02/12/2008 03:00:05 AM · #3 |
Wow!
Thanks a lot...huge difference! |
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02/12/2008 03:17:18 AM · #4 |
Here is a very quick simple shot at it-
[thumb]646119[/thumb]
hit auto color, that made a big difference, then just did a quick curves adj. layer, dropped the red channel just a bit, and raised the blue just a bit (oh, and I couldn't resist a real light usm pass :-)
As far as getting it right before you shoot, I guess I would suggest to just use a grey card and set a custom white balance |
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02/12/2008 03:19:47 AM · #5 |
| Also, you could shoot in RAW. Then you can tweak your white balance, and/or color temp after the fact. |
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02/12/2008 03:30:21 AM · #6 |
| I'd say convert it to B&W unless you have a specific reason to keep it in color. |
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02/12/2008 03:34:41 AM · #7 |
| A bit pricey, but one of these can make all the difference: ExpoDisc. |
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02/12/2008 06:51:19 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by kolasi:
I took sevral shots in this pay area, i had white balance at auto, and photos have a orange tint to them.
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If you took three pictures and included mostly the background wall in one of them, mostly the orange table in another and mostly the green chair in yet another, you'd end up with three *very* different white balance settings ... all from the same light source. I promise. Try it.
The trouble with auto white balance is that, the camera has no idea what your light source really is. All it knows is what color is coming in through the lens and hitting the sensor. So the camera looks for a "dominant color" by averaging everything together and subtracting that color out to turn it neutral. So if you shoot mostly the table, it will subtract orange out of everything in the image. If you shoot mostly the green chair, it will subtract green out of everything in the image. Whatever color dominates your image will be neutralized.
Your best bet is to set your white balance according to what the light source really is. And if you don't have enough time to think about white balance ... then shoot raw and fix it later.
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02/12/2008 07:31:44 AM · #9 |
Thanks again everyone.
 dwterry, I noticed something that made more sence with your explanation.
I followed brad's advice and the photo came out very well. Then batched proced those setting to all the pic i took in there. I ended up with a few that looked good and a few that were too blue, which is exactly what you said in that thread you linked
Message edited by author 2008-02-12 07:35:49. |
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