On 18 November 2010 20:56, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > Last night I tried a more rigorous test of photographing with and without a > cokin blue filter on my camera. I also tried with and without using custom > white balance in the camera. The following collection are the best few shots > of each of the permutations I tried: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157625421911182/ > > My gut feeling is that the biggest difference is due to using in camera white > balance. That it allows me to shoot with the colors more balanced without > blowing out the red channel. I'm not sure how this works unless it tweaks the > gain that goes into the raw file. Shooting with a blue filter, allowed me to > set the custom white balance when I otherwise couldn't. It also meant using > much slower shutter speeds, so there's a tradeoff there. > > However the final product is a result of skill level throughout the whole > process, and my lightroom skills are fairly rudimentary, a more accurate test > would be to have someone that knows post processing clean up the files. A > more practical (except for the cost) solution would probably be to get a K-5 > with its greater dynamic range, which would allow a lot more room for color > correction without blowing out highlights.
OK Larry, I took a look, but they all look pretty good at those sizes. What's your take on the experiment? Is that lady as intense as she seems in the photos? —M. \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.