Color is the human perception of light as having different hue, from reds and oranges, through yellows and greens, to blues and violets. Color is a fundamental aspect of the arts and photography.
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Does black and white photography still make sense?
I think at first it was because of a limitation of the cameras present at the time, but with the color cameras that we have available now, what do you think of black and white photos?
In other words, ...
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How can I make colorful, “saturated” photos like this example?
This may not be the best example but I liked the colors and angle. I have seen lot of similar photos. They look very colorful but not overdone (does it have any technical term) . Any suggestions for ...
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Multiple Monitors Seperate Color Profiles?
I have a huey color one and i can only color calibrate one monitor with one color profile.
How do you save different color profiles for each monitor?
My computer runs on Windows 7 and i use 2 ...
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How do I get this “Washed out” effect for street photography?
I was browsing an unrelated question here and noticed this photo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sparth/5730541580/lightbox/
I've seen countless street-photography shots with this kind of color effect ...
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How does the colour of ambient lighting affect colour rendition?
How does the colour of ambient lighting affect colour rendition?
For example:
If I stand under a sodium-vapour (orange) streetlight and calibrate my camera's white balance, what effect would this ...
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How can I keep skin color from coming out too red in prints?
I've noticed lately that subjects with darker skin, especially brown hues, tend to come out with lots of red in prints.
When shooting against red or brown backgrounds, this effect is significantly ...
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How would I go about using my SLR to measure the 'greenness' of a photo?
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My digital pictures can be read into a computer program like Matlab or R as a m x n x 3 matrix where m x n is the number of pixels observed by each of the three (red, green, and blue) ...
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Why are red objects coming out unnaturally in my photographs?
I have observed lately during my shoots that when I try to capture a red object with hardly anything in the background, the color doesnt seem to come exactly as what it is in reality. With flash or ...
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Why are sensors less sensitive to blue light?
This is a followup question to Why is the blue channel the noisiest?. The simple answer to that question is that sensors are less sensitive to blue, and therefore require more amplification, which ...
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Why is the blue channel the noisiest?
It is widely observed that the blue channel in digital cameras is the noisiest. I've certainly noticed that with my camera. Why is this?
Is it an artifact of some particular technology (e.g. Bayer ...
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What is the meaning of “white balance”?
I would like to understand the term white balance. My camera has settings for white balance with the following options:
Auto white balance
Daylight
Cloudy
Shade
Flash
Incandescent lights
White set1 ...
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What is the photopic luminous efficiency function?
What is the photopic luminous efficiency function?
Is it actually a the, or are there multiple such functions? Is it an absolute fact of nature or simply an agreed-on standard? If the later, who ...
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Recommended clothing colours for portraits?
What colour of clothing do you recommend your clients wear during a portrait photo session?
I recently completed an urban photo shoot where the colour of my client's dress gave an odd cast to some of ...
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Is the Zone System useful with a DSLR?
The Zone System was originally used with B&W film photography. With colour digital photography, though, couldn't you get much the same results by keeping an eye on the histogram? I think I might ...
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Why is my Pentax K-x producing artifacts and color banding?
my Pentax K-x is acting up :( In low light scenarios I got heavy color banding and 'strange' image artifacts. You can find an example here: http://imgur.com/v0lzP
I took it at ISO 400 and the color ...
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What is the green tinge in my photo? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Problem with fluorescent lighting and shutter speed?
I am shooting with a 5D MkII and a 50mm f/1.8 II. In the picture below you can see a really obvious green tinge on ...
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What is the difference between halftoning and dithering?
As I understand it, halftoning is the process of taking an image with a given color range (as defined by the colorspace) and blending the colors to form an image with a smaller range of colors.
How ...
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How do I extract a specific hue into a channel in Photoshop?
I have a gold handprint that I want to set up as a spot for printing. Since it was done with one substance, it should be possible to convert the image to only the gold spot and black.
I've searched ...
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Are there any good tools to figure out the correct gamma corrections for equal appearence?
Every display device has a different characteristic in regards of how the colours are shown. This can be adjusted by the gamma correction. Are there any good tools that help with finding the right ...
