Shooting RAW and AWB I know the colors will shade differently in the same light as composition changes. The Synch function in lightroom is your friend in such cases. Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Igor Roshchin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Mon Nov 29 09:52:30 CST 2010 > P N Stenquist wrote: > >> On Nov 29, 2010, at 10:39 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: >> >> > >> > Hi All, >> > >> > While shooting an argentine tango performance over the weekend >> > I set the WB of my K-7 to "Tungsten light". >> > I was surprised to see that while ~80% of shots were with about the >> > right >> > color, some considerable number of shots had a distinctive. >> > It was not as red as it would have been if I left the WB to be on >> > Auto, >> > but still yellow. >> > >> > All the shots were taken under the same condition: in the same room, >> > from the same point, with no light changing, just the couple moving. >> > More over,- some series of shots were made with the the couple in >> > place ,- >> > and some have the WB alright, and some - are yellow. >> > >> > Has anybody experienced anything of this sort? >> > What could be the reason (besides some malfunction of the camera)? >> >> What fills the frame affects white balance. If the dancers were blocking >> some of the light on some shots and more fully lit on others, you'll get >> some variation of color temp. Easy enough to correct during conversion. >> Paul >> > > Paul, > > Yes, that could do it in principle, but it doesn't make sense in the > current situation. Since I _fixed_ the WB to a particular setting, > very slight changes shouldn't affect the WB. > > To better illustrate what I observe, - let me show you this image: > http://komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/Mixed-2010/WB-problem-2010-11-27.jpg > > No WB or exposure settings were changed in this sequence. > These photos were not modified. > > Yes, one can correct the WB, but it is not how it should work, isn't it? > > Igor > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

