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03/11/2004 12:51:55 AM · #1 |
Is there a way to combine different qualities of light (temperatures?) so that the result doesn't look like there are obviously different qualities of light?
Here is an example:
There is standard incandescent lighting and there is sunlight from outside. Can you make it so that the incandescent doesn't look orange AND the sunlight doesn't look blue? And I'm open to any suggestions, be it filters or photoshop...
Message edited by author 2004-03-11 00:52:37. |
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03/11/2004 02:21:07 AM · #2 |
| There actually graduated filters that can be bought. Top is tinted and bottom isn't. You simply turn the filter until the tinted is covering the bright part of the picture. Used mostly for landscape, but it might work. |
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03/11/2004 02:21:32 AM · #3 |
The way I would get around it is to select the areas that are yellowish (warmer color) and use the Photo filter and use the cooling filter to cool down the temp. The same for the sunlight but in this case you would use a warming filter. When you think you have a balanced lighting, you can now adjust the temp to what effect you want it to be. There might be other ways of doing this but this is the first thing that came to mind to fix it.
EDIT: Forgot to say that the photo filter is a new feature in Photoshop CS.
Message edited by author 2004-03-11 02:23:27.
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03/11/2004 09:03:15 AM · #4 |
To balance the colour temps in a scene like this, without using photoshop, you'd need to either change the bulbs providing the light or use coloured filters on your flash/floods.
It is a hard problem to solve photographically.
You can correct it somewhat in photoshop, but again it can be complex. |
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03/11/2004 12:39:45 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by Gordon:
To balance the colour temps in a scene like this, without using photoshop, you'd need to either change the bulbs providing the light or use coloured filters on your flash/floods.
It is a hard problem to solve photographically.
You can correct it somewhat in photoshop, but again it can be complex. |
I didn't use the flash on my camera for this shot. It's too underpowered to do any good here, but there are other places in the building I could. Do you think that this would help? What will it do to the incandescent lights in the building? I have gotten to the point I almost never use my flash anymore... |
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03/11/2004 01:42:49 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by TooCool:
Originally posted by Gordon:
To balance the colour temps in a scene like this, without using photoshop, you'd need to either change the bulbs providing the light or use coloured filters on your flash/floods.
It is a hard problem to solve photographically.
You can correct it somewhat in photoshop, but again it can be complex. |
I didn't use the flash on my camera for this shot. It's too underpowered to do any good here, but there are other places in the building I could. Do you think that this would help? What will it do to the incandescent lights in the building? I have gotten to the point I almost never use my flash anymore... |
Well, flash is pretty much balanced for daylight anyway.
In the example you posted, there isn't anything with white balance that you could actually do - you have light sources that are two different colours - fundamentally you are stuck with it like that. You could I guess put filters on the windows, but other than that or changing the bulbs, its a scene with multiple coloured lighting.
However, if you were lighting a scene like that, and were placing artifical lights and trying to balance with daylight through windows, you'd typically put filters over the lights to balance with the ambient light.
I use my flash more and more these days, particularly in scenes with bright lights.
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03/11/2004 03:01:56 PM · #7 |
Ah, the wonders of Photoshop. I didn't spend much time here, but you can remove the blues using "Selective Color" in Photoshop. Just select blue or cyan and add more yellow. Then you can select yellow and add more blue to level it out incandescent lighting. You can also play with the whites and mid tones.
Message edited by author 2004-03-11 15:16:04. |
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03/11/2004 05:13:37 PM · #8 |
| Try shooting it after dark. |
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