jlaudiofreak
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I have a Nikon D40 and I am having a problem with not be able to set the white balance to where the corals dont look washed out. Any ideas guys
Need help with Nikon D40 whit balance
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TitusvileSurfer
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surge19us
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I just started macro over the weekend so I am far from experienced or knowledgeable. I'm using a D90 and was having trouble with colors under 250watt radiums. So today I snapped a few under actinic only and have more realistic colors. Purples are still a little saturated. These are fairly close to actual appearence. Didn't have a lot of time before work to process. I leave WB on auto and correct in Elements. The experts can probably do much better. I'm still learning.
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UFreefer
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I'm having the same problem. Everyone told me to shoot RAW but there has to be a way to use the WB correctly in the camera as well....my Nikon coolpix could, can't imagine that the D40 can't. I always get the error code when trying to set the custom WB. I just don't like not being able to figure things out. Let me know if you figure it out
jlaudiofreak
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I get the same error message. Hell my HP POS will even get the colors closer then this thing. What is the sence of spending the money to get a good camera if you have to turn around and edit your pics in photoshop.
TitusvileSurfer
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One of the things that is so great about DSLRs are that the images from them are so easy to edit.
The "D" in DSLR stands for Digital. The single best feature of the "D" is being able to edit your images. I don't understand this cult following of people determined to take breath taking, artistic photographs without editing or even buying the proper equipment.
The "D" in DSLR stands for Digital. The single best feature of the "D" is being able to edit your images. I don't understand this cult following of people determined to take breath taking, artistic photographs without editing or even buying the proper equipment.
jlaudiofreak
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Here is a pic of the same coral with different lighting so you can see what I am talking about.
With MH and actinic on
With just actinics on
With Just actinics on and with my yellow tang for a color reference
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Here is a pic of the same coral with different lighting so you can see what I am talking about.
With MH and actinic on
With just actinics on
With Just actinics on and with my yellow tang for a color reference
TitusvileSurfer
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I think white balance is the least of your problems at this point. Who really cares about minute color variations when you can't even see the subject. Your coral is just a blurry mess. It also looks like it may be bleached (but I don't know that it is). When shooting a subject that is almost a uniform white, trying to pull details out of it is difficult at best.
A) Use a tripod
B) Get your shutter speed up
C) Underexpose the image
D) EDIT YOUR IMAGES IN PHOTOSHOP. You are NOT going to get it perfect in camera, don't even try. They will need level changes, color adjustments, burning, and all sorts of other tricks to make this look right.
A) Use a tripod
B) Get your shutter speed up
C) Underexpose the image
D) EDIT YOUR IMAGES IN PHOTOSHOP. You are NOT going to get it perfect in camera, don't even try. They will need level changes, color adjustments, burning, and all sorts of other tricks to make this look right.
jlaudiofreak
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The camera was on a tripod. How hi should I put my shutter speed, and what is underexposed mean. The coral is a bright lime green, it is a deepwater acro
The camera was on a tripod. How hi should I put my shutter speed, and what is underexposed mean. The coral is a bright lime green, it is a deepwater acro
TitusvileSurfer
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You put your shutter speed as high as it needs to be so that the acro isn't blurry. Turn your pumps off as well. 1/160 is getting heavy blur (that shouldn't happen with your pumps off) so get it higher.
Underexposure means to make the picture too dark on purpose. This is helpful be cause you can get that much more aperture, that much more shutter speed, or that much less ISO. It also helps to save detail in bright subjects. Later you correct for the darkness in Photoshop.
Underexposure means to make the picture too dark on purpose. This is helpful be cause you can get that much more aperture, that much more shutter speed, or that much less ISO. It also helps to save detail in bright subjects. Later you correct for the darkness in Photoshop.
surge19us
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If you still want to set the WB in your camera you should look at page 77 of your manual under fine tuning WB. You should be able to fine tune the D40 to a color temp of 9200K which should give you better looking shots. You will still need to adjust some after just not as much.
