LobsterOfJustice
Recovering Detritophobe
Hello all,
Let me start of by saying I dont know much (..anything...) about photography. I used to take pretty good pictures of my tank when it had 10Ks, but I changed out my lights with new 20Ks and all my pictures look terrible.
My pictures used to look like this (10K EVC):
Not great, a little "overexposed" in the white areas, but much better than what I am seeing now (20K XM):
So I know the key word(s) here is "white balance". I am using a Kodak EasyShare Z700. On the camera, I can't seem to adjust the white balance. I go into "PAS" to access the manual settings, go into the menu, and the white balance options are auto, daylight, tungsten, and flourescent. They all look the same when taking pictures of the tank. I dont know how to, or if I even can, change it any other way, so that the pictures look correct on the camera.
I have not bought any photo editing software. I have a macbook so whatever software came with this, if any. When I right click on a picture, I have the option to open it in "colorsync utility" and "HP photosmart edit" (maybe came with my printer?), among other things. These programs have color slider bars and wheels, all I know is that when I move them around, it just changes the above picture from all blue to all green or all red. HP photosmart edit has a "set white balance" option, but every time I set it the picture comes out similar to what I mentioned before... the same overall look of one overexposed color, but yellow or red. I have tried setting the white balance by choosing a few different areas, like the sand, the bar of a clown, the PVC, or the absolute tip of a coral, but it never makes the picture look correct.
Can anyone help me work with this camera and this software to take decent pictures that dont look like they are taken under all actinic?
Let me start of by saying I dont know much (..anything...) about photography. I used to take pretty good pictures of my tank when it had 10Ks, but I changed out my lights with new 20Ks and all my pictures look terrible.
My pictures used to look like this (10K EVC):
Not great, a little "overexposed" in the white areas, but much better than what I am seeing now (20K XM):
So I know the key word(s) here is "white balance". I am using a Kodak EasyShare Z700. On the camera, I can't seem to adjust the white balance. I go into "PAS" to access the manual settings, go into the menu, and the white balance options are auto, daylight, tungsten, and flourescent. They all look the same when taking pictures of the tank. I dont know how to, or if I even can, change it any other way, so that the pictures look correct on the camera.
I have not bought any photo editing software. I have a macbook so whatever software came with this, if any. When I right click on a picture, I have the option to open it in "colorsync utility" and "HP photosmart edit" (maybe came with my printer?), among other things. These programs have color slider bars and wheels, all I know is that when I move them around, it just changes the above picture from all blue to all green or all red. HP photosmart edit has a "set white balance" option, but every time I set it the picture comes out similar to what I mentioned before... the same overall look of one overexposed color, but yellow or red. I have tried setting the white balance by choosing a few different areas, like the sand, the bar of a clown, the PVC, or the absolute tip of a coral, but it never makes the picture look correct.
Can anyone help me work with this camera and this software to take decent pictures that dont look like they are taken under all actinic?