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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / DSLR Cameras / March 2005Dumb mistake...
In Thom Hogan's book (CD) one of the tips he gives is to make sure when you put your camera away you change any settings back to normal. Well, I had just taken some macro photos using an incandescent lamp, had changed the wb, and put it away like that. Later that day I grabbed the camera to shoot a cat that someone brought over (very cool looking cat, exotic, expensive hybrid) and used the flash. Anybody want some pictures of a blue cat? It's exotic, but it ain't blue. And because I didn't shoot the images in RAW it wasn't easy adjusting the colors back. I used Nikon Capture and used the red blue and green sliders -- got very close. Anybody have an easier way to fix something like this? At least I did get some good shots after I set the wb back to automatic. Sheldon Color Temperature Correction plugin: http://plugin.artdesign.ru/ http://plugin.artdesign.ru/agdcolor.zip > In Thom Hogan's book (CD) one of the tips he gives is to make sure when you > put your camera away you change any settings back to normal. Well, I had [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Sheldon >In Thom Hogan's book (CD) one of the tips he gives is to make sure when you >put your camera away you change any settings back to normal. Well, I had [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >At least I did get some good shots after I set the wb back to automatic. PSP, Adjust => Color balance => Grey Wold Balance ---------- Ed Ruf Lifetime AMA# 344007 (Usenet@EdwardG.Ruf.com) See images taken with my CP-990/5700 & D70 at http://edwardgruf.com/Digital_Photography/General/index.html > In Thom Hogan's book (CD) one of the tips he gives is to make sure when > you put your camera away you change any settings back to normal. Well, I [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Sheldon I did something very similar myself when I first went digital. I shot a bunch of portraits in a room that had flourescent overheads that couldn't be turned off for some stupid reason or other. As I was using studio strobes anyway I set a custom WB using a sheet of white paper shot under the strobes. Everything went fine with the portraits printing out the right colour. The next day I went to an airshow. Got lots of shots of very pretty military jets whizzing around....all with a distinctly green cast. ---snip--- >> Anybody want some pictures of a blue cat? It's exotic, but it ain't blue. >> And because I didn't shoot the images in RAW it wasn't easy adjusting the [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >The next day I went to an airshow. Got lots of shots of very pretty military >jets whizzing around....all with a distinctly green cast. Oh God, a lot of us have done the same thing, of course NEVER more than once, right?!? <grin>. Oh and I've never done it myself of course (cough cough, wink, nudge). Thank God and Adobe for photoshop! Drifter "I've been here, I've been there..." > In Thom Hogan's book (CD) one of the tips he gives is to make sure when you > put your camera away you change any settings back to normal. Well, I had > just taken some macro photos using an incandescent lamp, had changed the wb, > and put it away like that. Later that day I grabbed the camera to shoot a > cat that someone brought over (very cool looking cat, exotic, expensive > hybrid) and used the flash. It's a common error, and digital cameras are much worse that film as there are so many additional setting related to the capture. You can in many instances correct for it. > Anybody want some pictures of a blue cat? It's exotic, but it ain't blue. > And because I didn't shoot the images in RAW it wasn't easy adjusting the > colors back. I used Nikon Capture and used the red blue and green > sliders -- got very close. Anybody have an easier way to fix something like > this? Try pulling the blues and increasing the red/yellow. I don't like trusting the auto-WB. I prefer setting the light temperature and that works for the three main cases, sunlight/flash (5500K), incandecent (2800K) and open shade (I haven't found the temp yet, but my camera goes up to 9900K so I'll start there. It's -12C outside, so I'm no rush to do this...) Cheers, Alan  Signature-- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: there's no such thing as a FreeLunch. I find that using Curves in Photoshop CS is a quick way of correcting a lot of mistakes like this. Doesn't always work, but it is worth a try. Using Options in the Curves of Layer box and clicking the white or black squares to set their values to extreme white and black can be very helpful. Thanks for the suggestions, and letting me know I'm not the only one out there who does this. I guess that's what the tips in the book are for. :-) And I just finished reading the book! > In Thom Hogan's book (CD) one of the tips he gives is to make sure when you > put your camera away you change any settings back to normal. Well, I had [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Sheldon At least you had something reasonably correctable! I did the same thing with the ISO on my istDS. I took a picture or two at 3200 just to see. The next day, snapped lots of photos of my niece from Texas. Couldn't figure out why they were so noisy until I looked at the Exif info. Dave SignatureThere's a fine line between stupid and clever. > In Thom Hogan's book (CD) one of the tips he gives is to make sure when you > put your camera away you change any settings back to normal. Well, I had My frequent mistake doesn't ruin the pictures, but it makes you look like an idiot! When I do macro or still life type shots, with a tripod, I set the camera to timer mode because this is what the infra red remote control needs it to be on. You feel like an idiot next day when you press the shutter and then have to stand there for 10 seconds before the shutter releases. H. >> In Thom Hogan's book (CD) one of the tips he gives is to make sure when >you [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >it to be on. You feel like an idiot next day when you press the shutter and >then have to stand there for 10 seconds before the shutter releases. Be glad you don't have to keep resetting this after every shot! ---------- Ed Ruf Lifetime AMA# 344007 (Usenet@EdwardG.Ruf.com) See images taken with my CP-990/5700 & D70 at http://edwardgruf.com/Digital_Photography/General/index.html Hahaha, I do both the 10 sec timer and WB things. I've been faithfully setting things back to normal and AWB lately, though. > In Thom Hogan's book (CD) one of the tips he gives is to make sure when > you put your camera away you change any settings back to normal. Well, I [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > At least I did get some good shots after I set the wb back to automatic. I have a different approach. I Always assume I left the camera in a bad state, and that all settings are suspect every time I turn it on. It doesn't take long to check them. Austin > I have a different approach. I Always assume I left the camera in a bad > state, and that all settings are suspect every time I turn it on. Now I now what the ammo fairy does to relax -- puts bad settings on cameras. :-) (The ammo fairy, my gun-toting friends tell me, is the entity who loads your unloaded gun when you put it down for even a second.) SignatureBen Rosengart (212) 741-4400 x215 Sometimes it only makes sense to focus our attention on those questions that are equal parts trivial and intriguing. --Josh Micah Marshall > I have a different approach. I Always assume I left the camera in a bad > state, and that all settings are suspect every time I turn it on. It > doesn't take long to check them. Me too. (But a _little_ more discipline would help.) The problem, although it's rare for me, is for people who grab events as they occur. It is best to always have your camera in a known state when you grab it from the bag. One thing I sometimes do is leave the mirror lockup mode engaged, which on a Maxxum means you press the shutter and the mirror lifts and then there's a 2 sec. delay before the shutter releases... so, you develop the habit of just holding still when this occurs and get the shots anyway (as long as there's no action involved). Cheers, Alan. 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