My friend and I photographed our reptiles, the pictures all turned out great, as far as clairity, and details, however the color is not correct, for instance my snow white cal king is bright yellow, infact all the snakes are some shade of yellow. We did not use flash, we used direct light about 2 foot above the subject. What did we do wrong.
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What Lighting To Use;
Steve_B
Jun 25, 2003 03:52 PM
Replies (2)
Bill Moss
Jun 25, 2003 06:21 PM
I'm assuming that the lighting is standard light bulbs (tungsten filament). It sounds to me like you didn't have the correct white balance for that light (tungsten lighting gives off a yellow cast). If the camera is digital, you should have the ability to adjust the white balance somewhere in the menu system of your camera. If you are shooting film, the use of the correct filter on the lens should help to alieviate the problem.
Bill
amazonreptile
Jun 26, 2003 10:25 PM
>>we used direct light about 2 foot above the subject. What did we do wrong.
If you used standard tungsten filament lighting then you need to use tungsten film. Or as someone else said buy a tungsten corrective filter. However, this little blue filter will cost you a stop or more of light. Best to use the correct film for the lighting.
Scott Solar
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