Questions about how to choose the correct colour balance for a given scene, and how it affects photos.
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Does Earth's latitude affect the color of light?
I was talking with a friend about what conditions can affect color, gamma and white balance, and how to get in order these variables into the configuration to set up and get a good shot.
Beside the ...
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What color temperture produces warmer tones?
With two sources of light:
an incandescent light approximate color
temperature of 3000 K,
sun with an approximate color temperature of 6000 K. W
Which source produces warmer tones?
Consider ...
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What is the color of “white” that is displayed on a Camera screen or LED monitor?
When I white balance my DSLR to a given color temperature that temperature shows as "white" on the LED screen, and on a computer monitor.
What color is the LED screen or computer monitor displaying ...
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What are techniques for enhancing visibility of photos under natural, outdoor daylight?
I'm trying to find techniques for making photos more visible under daylight (i.e., when daylight reflects off the photo displayed on a screen or print). Does anyone know of any photo editing ...
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How to adjust RAW photos from underwater?
I have some photos that were taken from a glass bottom submarine that have colors that look all wrong. I'd like to edit these raw files in Adobe RAW Converter to make them look more normal. There ...
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Will LEDs work with a point & shoot camera for light booth digital photography?
I am planning on using multiple strips of LEDs to light up a 2 ft x 2 ft x 2 ft light booth for taking pictures of small items. LED output is Cool White 6500k. Digital camera is low cost 5 megapixel ...
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Does Auto White-Balance Really Work? How?
I don't understand how the camera can work out the white-balance to use in a given scene.
I could see it working if there is an obvious colour-cast (for example: under fluorescent lights).
Does it ...
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Why are these lights all different colours and how can I correct them?
I occasionally take panoramic city photos and I've noticed that certain sections of the cities have a lot of different coloured lights.
What causes these different lights? Some of these appear to be ...
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How does the gray level in a target impact the true color after calibration
I'm trying to learn how to take photos that are color accurate. I'm testing on a newly painted wall in my kitchen, and has a biege paint with some green tone. ...
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What is WB bracketing used for?
I found out that I can bracket white balance in camera on my 550D. When is this useful?
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Do fluorescent lighting and shutter speed create a problem with color cast?
I took a bunch of photos at my son's martial arts club using a D90 with a 50mm F1.8. The club is lit with overhead fluorescent lighting, and I was getting some weird results where some shots are ...
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What's the best way to correct white balance in post?
A lot of my photo's seem to have incorrect white balance, but as I shoot in raw I'm thinking this can be corrected. So my question is, with post processing, what's the best way to ensure correct white ...
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How does one use a white balance card (gray card) to set a custom white balance? [duplicate]
I have only been able to find instructions that involve post-processing. Is there a process where I can take a photo of the card and set that white balance and save it for my photos? Basically setting ...
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If shooting RAW, is the white balance selected in camera irrelevant for exposure?
I have read the existing question - Does the camera white balance setting affect the raw image at all?
After reading the above post, I am still not clear on the part around exposure. Is it possible ...
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How does the eye perform the equivalent of white balance? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can knowledge of human perception of color be used in photography?
How does the eye perform the equivalent of white balance? Why is the camera not able to replicate ...
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How do I judge correct White Balance?
Which photo has the more correct White Balance? (see below link) For me the second is much better than the first. My understanding is that the R+G+B histogram needs to be more balanced as possible. Is ...
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Would auto white balance benefit from use of a color card? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Does Auto White-Balance Really Work? How?
How do you use a gray card?
An ongoing unsolved challenge is white balance (Nikon D800E).
The camera in auto WB fails way too ...
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How do you use a gray card?
There are already two questions on how to make a gray card, but unfortunately my ignorance goes deeper than that.
How do you use a gray card?
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How can I adjust for any inaccuracy in a homemade white card?
Quite a number of years ago, I made my own white card. It is basically made up by two white access cards in plastic glued together and sanded down so that they have a matte finish.
The cards have ...
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Can I cut up a 15x20cm Novoflex Graycard without ruining its properties?
I purchased a graycard, specifically a Novoflex 15x20cm (~ 6x8") card that is white on one side and 18%? gray on the other side.
However, it's a bit too large to comfortably fit into jacket pocket or ...
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Using gray/white card to determine white balance, does it matter where I stand when I take reading photo?
If I want to use a white card to determine the white balance, and I'm taking a picture of something that is a short distance away from me, does it matter if I don't walk back to where I'm going to ...
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How can I see the white balance levels of photos in playback with my Nikon DSLR?
I am a Nikon user, and have recently moved to the Nikon D5100.
On my old camera when viewing images I would be able to press the arrow button and I would be able to see the white balance levels of ...
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What white point temperature should I set my LCD monitor to?
I've got the Xrite Eye One Display 2, and tried the advanced calibration today for the first time. It asked what white point I wanted, and had a default of 6500K. I didn't realize that was up for ...
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Does Lightroom export white-balance temperature and tint value to JPEG metadata?
When I export a JPEG from Lightroom 3.6, is the white-balance temperature and tint value written in the JPEG file somewhere? Could I later take that JPEG and see (in the EXIF for example) what the WB ...
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How does white-balance synchronisation work in Lightroom?
I just noticed that when in Lightroom I sync white-balance between multiple images the colour temperature and tint of the source image is not just copied over to the target images, but somehow ...
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How to change background and maintain realistic effect?
I have like 30 different photos to process like this, but I want to know key things to maintain realistic photo by changing it's background, or maybe just modify background so it would be more ...
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How did Matt Grum color correct the images in “Why is the Fluorescent filter for a flash green?”?
I saw in another question - "Why is the Fluorescent filter for a flash green?" - that Matt Grum had amazingly color corrected two images and would love to know how. Of course, all are invited to ...
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Should I reuse a custom white balance for the same scene but with a different lens?
Let's say I'm shooting from a tripod to an exact spot, I set a custom white balance with a gray card and then I switch lens.
Should I redo the custom white balance?
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Gray card angle during custom white balance calibration - does it matter?
Do I have to have the gray card on a specific angle while taking a photo for custom white balance calibration? Or it is irrelevant?
I am guessing that the gray card plane should be perpendicular (90 ...
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Does Gimp have a Match Color function similar to that in Adobe Photoshop CS3+?
In a recent question, Steve Ross points out that Adobe Photoshop has a useful feature for matching color between photographs. Of course, color adjustment can be accomplished in Gimp with careful use ...
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How does aperture size or shutter speed affect color temperature?
With all other parameters assumed constant, does aperture size or duration of exposure have any effect on the resulting color warmth or vividness? (Even slightly.)
While answering please also ...
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How do I properly white-balance my photographs when I'm shooting in mixed-lighting environments?
I have a dSLR and I often find myself taking pictures of people in 'mixed lighting' environments (e.g. tungsten lighting and daylight, fluorescent and tungsten, or even the ‘nightmare lighting ...
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Lightroom white balance adjustment without a grey card
I'm using Lightroom 4, trying to adjust white balance using the eyedropper by the Temp slider, but I'm not sure where in the image to click to get the right balance. I did not use a grey card, so do I ...
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With so many white balance tools on the market, which of them (if any) are recommended?
Is the white balance card enough or would one of these work better? I know there are sometimes certain objects in the environment that I can calibrate against, but I often get worse or unpredictable ...
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White balance adjustment using gray card
I need some advice regarding white balance adjustment.
I was using a gray card when shooting a series of photos in a forest, because I found the light a bit tricky there. The plan was to set the ...
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Can I make my own Expodisc?
I've been contemplating the purchase of an Expodisc to finally be rid of most white balance corrections. The price is a little steep for me, however. I was wondering, is there a way to make something ...
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Why does setting white balance in the camera prevent me from being able to change it afterwards? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why can I adjust the white balance of a RAW file but not a JPEG file?
I thought white balance adjustments were simple color-cast adjustments applied uniformly across the ...
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How do I simply adjust the color temperature In Photoshop Elements?
How do I simply adjust the temperature of an image in Photoshop Elements?
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Infrared Photography - How to set White Balance?
When I started out photographing in infrared I wasn't setting a specific White Balance (I let the camera set on automatic). Then I started learning more about how people take infrared shots, and that ...
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Are scene modes, white balance, color tones, and similar just post-processing effects?
What happens when the following settings are changed:
White balance
Color tones
Scene modes
Are these parameters affect the way in which the photo is taken or they are just applied by processing ...
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Why would my Hoya ND8 Pro 1 decrease the white balance dramatically?
I've just bought the Hoya ND8 Pro filter (+3 stops). After some tests, i've just notice that the results are very different from a single shot. After some tests, here is my conclusions :
The ND ...
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How to check what White Balance setting was used (on a Mac)?
I've been experimenting with different white balance settings, and I can see what was used while browsing photos on my Nikon preview screen.
But when I copy the photos to my laptop where I can ...
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What are the RGB values that correctly represent a 5800 K white surface on a calibrated 6500 K monitor?
Consider a high-quality monitor calibrated at the standard parameters: 6500 K, 2.2 gamma, 120 cd/m^2. Calibration is accomplished with a LaCie hardware sensor + its software, and it's quite accurate.
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What is the best free software to edit NEF photos?
I'm new to photography and just starting to take photo in RAW format. I haven't found a difference in quality of color adjustment editing between ViewNX (free software coming with my Nikon d5100) and ...
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Calibrating monitor for editing photos for publishing on web [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What software shows the most accurate version of a photograph for web viewing?
I have a bunch of photos taken in rather difficult lighting conditions and I am trying to ...
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Does this sunrise photograph have a problem with white balance?
I find this scene "all" "Orangey". The trees are also looking a kind Orangey.
Is the colour balance wrong? Or it is normal for a sunrise scene?
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How to set white balance when there's no neutral region to select with the eyedropper?
If, in an image, there is no region which is neutral white, grey or black, how to set white balance?
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Is a white sheet of paper as good as grey card?
Can I use a white sheet of paper instead of the grey card for white balance calibration? I actually tried and it works not bad at all. I know the grey card is calibrated etc, but does it really ...
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Should I be warming grey card calibrated shots?
In a recent blog post at this site, Tim Grey recommended the following:
You could then use the white balance tool in Lightroom or Adobe Camera
Raw (or similar tools in other software) to make ...
