On Thu, 31 Mar 2005, Cotty wrote: > On 31/3/05, Kostas Kavoussanakis, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >> >http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3240337 > >> > >> If that pic doesn't sell a 15mm Pentax lens, nothing will ;-) > > > >How come the lights are not red? Different type of artificial > >lighting? > > Why would the lights necessarily be red? Or are you referring to the > yellow/orange cast when incandescent (indoor tungsten) lighting is used? > > If shot on film, then a tungsten balanced film will combat this, or use > of a filter on daylight film, and then maybe a Curves tweak in PS once > scanned. If digital, then setting the white balance low (3200K) or even > lower will lose any red, or tweaking the file in PS again. > > A lot of public space lighting is actually colder (more blue) than normal > tungsten lighting - what I would call 'half-blue' is common - anything > around 4400K. > > HTH
Thanks, it does (minor suggestion, blue is hot in this case, I think). Given that he shot Portra on LX, I was wondering which of the above applies. I am also wondering if there is a way of knowing what to expect from artificial lighting. When I first shot indoors with tungsten I could not believe the orange cast on the prints. Kostas
