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Thanks for the feedback. I have to admit this was a fortunate accident: I was just testing how to bracket for a subject with strong backlighting.
The problem with my compact digital is that it misreads backlight and sometimes the person I'm trying to image is too underexposed; I can't even fix the problem with Photoshop. I noticed this image was "overexposed" but in this case it was the right exposure.
So far I find digital photography is like shooting slides, in that it's easy to burn out the highlights.
I've played with the white balance modes on my camera but usually to color correct a scene, for example, taking out the excessibe blue tint with a subject in deep shade by setting the camera to "cloudy." Sometimes I've switched to different settings with night photography to see how different light sources affect the color tones. But I haven't used the manual white balance yet with a white sheet of paper to correct for color shifts.
As for the Golden Dreamer shot, the walls in the coffee house are yellow and the evening sun had a warmer color temp, thus adding to the golden hue. So even with my camera set on the standard automatic white balance mode, I still ended up with a heavenly tint.
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Hey I like this photo!!
Tom:
Thanks for the feedback. I have to admit this was a fortunate accident: I was just testing how to bracket for a subject with strong backlighting.
The problem with my compact digital is that it misreads backlight and sometimes the person I'm trying to image is too underexposed; I can't even fix the problem with Photoshop. I noticed this image was "overexposed" but in this case it was the right exposure.
So far I find digital photography is like shooting slides, in that it's easy to burn out the highlights.
Luke
Maybe mess with the white balance?
White balance is something I tend to forget.
Tom:
I've played with the white balance modes on my camera but usually to color correct a scene, for example, taking out the excessibe blue tint with a subject in deep shade by setting the camera to "cloudy." Sometimes I've switched to different settings with night photography to see how different light sources affect the color tones. But I haven't used the manual white balance yet with a white sheet of paper to correct for color shifts.
As for the Golden Dreamer shot, the walls in the coffee house are yellow and the evening sun had a warmer color temp, thus adding to the golden hue. So even with my camera set on the standard automatic white balance mode, I still ended up with a heavenly tint.
Luke
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