I agree, experimentation is the best.. but don't think all pics are exactly as they are... I do digital photography and there is quite a bit of manipulation that happens, including, smoothing, lighting, shadowing, bright / dark, leveling out a picture... I commed every one of yall that get that perfect picture because usually i shoot 200 to 300, have about 10 great, 20 ok and 50 that i have to manipulate sooo.. keep it up and welcome hot1976.. i hope to see more of you around the boreds
QUOTE(Avvilimento @ Jul 21 2005, 04:49 AM)
I agree that the camera is important (though the photographer and subject are more-so), but I don't agree with the chosen colour temperature. Yes, it's much easier to accomodate for the white shift when you know what temperature to set, but wouldn't 6500K make more sense? I mean, sunlight is 6500K (or close enough to it), and sunlight gives fantastic results every time. Using studio lights would also negate most of the negatives of sunlight, such as strong shadow casts, low ambient temperatures, public decency laws, etc.
Just seems like a strange choice to me... as well as a shameless plug.
If you notice peoples pictures on here, alot are yellow thats due to lighting and your 6500K.gives the yellow. 5000k gives you a neautral find a chart it will clearly show the difference in color. I also had a web site link called
http://www.expodisc.com
The new filter is designed for professional photographers, videographers, and serious amateurs.
The new filter produces custom color at the point of capture. Photographers no longer have to shoot through extra glass, carry inconsistent and cumbersome cards, or spend hours on the computer in post-production color correction. Users just need to read and set white balance with the ExpoDisc Digital Warm Balance filter in place before shooting to produce portraits and landscapes with warmer, more pleasing colors.
The Digital Warm Balance Filter is a calibrated, colored diffusion filter with a bias that forces the digital camera to add precise quantities of red and green color to a neutral balance. The filter is excellent for warming (or balancing) skin tones in indoor or outdoor portraits and scenery. It decreases color temperature; adds healthy skin tone to images shot in open shade or overcast conditions; slightly reduces the bluish cast on overcast days or at high noon; reduces excess blue from flash indoors or in daylight flash-fill; as well as warms sea, sky and high altitude shots.
And yes i'll also agree the photographer ect has alot to do with it. But cheap digital cameras and people useing automatic settings are causeing there own picture quality problems theres alot of classes that dont cost much to learn some of that, like RITZ camera shops offer digital classes cheap.
I'm only doing this to help some people, as ive read a post on pictures not looking right ect.
Heres another link to a little bit more
http://photography.about.com/od/photoacces...fr/expodisc.htm
http://www.elitevideo.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&…
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