New Camera (Canon 6D)
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tahiriqbal
Sialkot
Very nice. What lens are you using?
Tahir
Tahir
EF 100mm F2.8 Canon (macro)
Try to get a white balance setting that approximates your lighting. My canon has a manual setting for white balance and I can crank the setting to 10K. If you have a shade wb setting that's pretty close (7K). You may have to do some post processing in photoshop to get the adjustment you want. It also helps if you turn down the actinic lighting because I think in some cameras the processor gets confused with the high K temperature lighting.
theReefKing
New member
I have a canon 7D and the same macro lens you mentioned.
I have been shooting with Av priority and auto focus, but I am not getting the results I want.
How do you adjust the WB on the camera like you have described?
You photos are excellent, and I realize I have a long way to go.
I have been shooting with Av priority and auto focus, but I am not getting the results I want.
How do you adjust the WB on the camera like you have described?
You photos are excellent, and I realize I have a long way to go.
Ted_C
Active member
1: Shoot in Raw
2: Av is Good - I use (I actually let the camera use Auto WB) an aperture of f8 and an iso of 6000 I think (I don't like turning off the pumps just to take pics haha).
3: Post process the photos in Adobe Lightroom or whatever you may have. Allows adjustements after the fact for Color (k), Exposure, bringing out shaded areas.
Av is good - I never use autofocus with a macro. You need to control the focus point because the macro lens has a shallow DOF. Some of my shots are processed with a technique called focus stacking where several shots with different focus points are "stacked" together.
I also use manual ISO and try to shoot in as low of an ISO setting as possible (unless you are trying to shoot fish - whole different story). I always turn off all pumps and use a tripod and sometimes you have to play around with several shots to get the right speed/iso setting to get a sharp picture. I usually shoot with -1/3 to -1 exposure to get good color saturation.
If you look at Ted's shots the first shot is very sharp with great color saturation. However, (with all due apologies and respect) - the 2nd shot shows the color distortion problem with shooting in a high iso. The green of the echinata frag (I think) doesn't really come through - you should be getting a nice sharp consistent green which is the focal point of your shot.
As for WB - the 6d has a WB setting and I can set it to 10K. Not sure about the 7d but it should have at a minimum WB settings with the icons - I would choose the "shade" (~7K). If you shoot under actinic lights you will probably have to use photoshop (or whatever post processing program) to adjust the WB after. Shoot in RAW (you will get these .CR2 files). When you import the photo into photoshop you can adjust the WB settings. Sometimes the "blue" is just too much even to adjust in photoshop and you may have to reshoot in a different lighting setup.
You should shoot it again manual ISO (100-400) Av with about 4-5.6 and on a tripod - post it to see if there is any different.
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JaYbIrD1969
New member
Wow! Some serious eye candy there! How I miss having a tank ��
mariusmeyer
New member
Very nice photos. The 6D is really an awesome camera.
Thanks, all.
Won't argue on the Canon 6D. The things I find to big difference vs. my old T1i is the ability to shoot at high ISO (like above 8000) w/o a lot of distortion. Also, the ability to manually adjust WB to 10K allows for a better capture of true lighting conditions w/o a lot of post processing.
Takes much better HD videos too!
