Magic hour is more like two hours. It's from about an hour and a half before sundown until about a half hour after sundown. But the best light is right after the ball goes down with a light cloud cover in the east. It doesn't get any better than that. It's magic hour. Paul On Jul 9, 2006, at 6:30 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In a message dated 7/8/2006 7:50:48 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > That's right. But I just shoot RAW with automatic white balance and > dial in the look I want during conversion. I remember shooting a > comercial for Lincoln some fifteen years ago. It was shot during > magic hour in the desert near the Arizona/Mexico border. I transfered > the film with the real color. The clients had a fit when their silver > town car was gold, so I had to go back to transfer and color correct > it. Sometimes people shoot at magic hour because the sun angle is > great and the sky is a big reflector. But the magic hour color isn't > for everyone. > Paul > ======= > Quick Q. What time of day is considered magic hour? That phrase is > a new one > on me. > > Marnie > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
