djkms picture thread
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Recty
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It looks very nice. You're doing a good job for just getting a camera.
One thing that would be "cool" with your first FTS picture is to white balance the room outside the picture differently, so that it looks normal colored instead of purple.
Here's an example of a picture I did it with, where the cat was real blue tinted but I balanced it out to look realistic.
Anyway, you're doing a good job, I like your RTBA shot
One thing that would be "cool" with your first FTS picture is to white balance the room outside the picture differently, so that it looks normal colored instead of purple.
Here's an example of a picture I did it with, where the cat was real blue tinted but I balanced it out to look realistic.
Anyway, you're doing a good job, I like your RTBA shot
djkms
Fish Freak
Thanks! The best way to see the settings of each picture (since they are all different) is to use a exif viewer, I use the plugin for firefox found here:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/exif-viewer/
HTH
Kris
Da Saltwater DJ
New member
You just answered my question on how many ai sol led fixtures I need by your picture . The tank is amazing , GREAT JOB !!!!
astrogazer
Premium Member
Great pics ...
... I think you're getting much better, keep an eye on the White balance though.
... I think you're getting much better, keep an eye on the White balance though.
astrogazer
Premium Member
Personally I like to get as close as possible to the right balance to start with, it's really only applied to the companion JPG file not only does it make evaluation and post processing faster but the data is used in the histograms that I use while shooting to ensure the exposure curve fits the exposure zone of my subject.
The WB you're doing post processing is what you should be doing but I don't think you quite hitting the whitepoint, still have a cool, blue cast in the whitest white, which I think is robbing you of that extra 'pop' in your images. It's a subtle thing, but I think your images are definately improving. You're doing a great job!
The WB you're doing post processing is what you should be doing but I don't think you quite hitting the whitepoint, still have a cool, blue cast in the whitest white, which I think is robbing you of that extra 'pop' in your images. It's a subtle thing, but I think your images are definately improving. You're doing a great job!
djkms
Fish Freak
Ok cool. I will try to digest what you said and apply it. You are right though, they do still have a blue hue to them.
When I am adjusting white balance I am only adjusting the temperature and tint. I usually use Photopaint as my graphic editor (been using it for years and got so used to it I never really liked photoshop) and to adjust the white balance in that program i would chose a white pixel and black pixel and it would balance that way. I haven't dived in enough into lightroom to see if it has the same feature.
Thanks for the advise though and much appreciated! That is why I posted my pics here so I can get better by learning!!
When I am adjusting white balance I am only adjusting the temperature and tint. I usually use Photopaint as my graphic editor (been using it for years and got so used to it I never really liked photoshop) and to adjust the white balance in that program i would chose a white pixel and black pixel and it would balance that way. I haven't dived in enough into lightroom to see if it has the same feature.
Thanks for the advise though and much appreciated! That is why I posted my pics here so I can get better by learning!!
astrogazer
Premium Member
It's a practice, practice, practice kinda thing. There's all kinds of stuff to be learned along the way.
One thing you can try is to place something white (piece of PVC) in the tank just out of the frame of where you want to shoot, take a picture of that, apply white balance settings to correct the color temp and then apply those settings to your actual images, course you can only do that if your software allows you to save the settings or at least view the kelvin temp.
I actually use a plastic 'gray card' and can set a custom white balance from inside the tank. It makes processing so much easier and cleaner, course I'm an old school film guy.
Look forward to seeing more of your images.
One thing you can try is to place something white (piece of PVC) in the tank just out of the frame of where you want to shoot, take a picture of that, apply white balance settings to correct the color temp and then apply those settings to your actual images, course you can only do that if your software allows you to save the settings or at least view the kelvin temp.
I actually use a plastic 'gray card' and can set a custom white balance from inside the tank. It makes processing so much easier and cleaner, course I'm an old school film guy.
Look forward to seeing more of your images.
PufferPutz
New member
The closeup pics are very nice. I have a camera and photoshop.... I just need the tank now.. haha.
astrogazer
Premium Member
Then we'll be looking forward to a build thread :celeb2:
