Re: WB, Gray Cards and Cloudy Days
Re: WB, Gray Cards and Cloudy Days
- Subject: Re: WB, Gray Cards and Cloudy Days
- From: Spinnaker Photo Imaging Center <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 11:42:28 -0700
Louis. You are using rpp 64, and instead of using the camera default, use rpp 64's profiling feature for your camera/lens/lighting.
Cheers
David
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On Aug 18, 2013, at 11:10 AM, Louis Dina <email@hidden> wrote:
> Thank you, Hening. I quickly read through the discussion on Luminous
> landscape. Clearly, you understand what I am getting at. Simply setting a
> WB based on a gray card departs from what we see as accurate, especially as
> the conditions depart significantly from normal, white light at noon. I'm
> not looking for perfection, nor do I want to discuss "pleasing color" here.
> I'm just trying to get a better understanding how to get "closer" to what I
> saw when taking the shot. If a gray card can help, and I think it is a
> great starting point, I will use that as my Point of departure. But
> accepting a gray card WB on a cloudy day results in overly warm images of
> landscapes (compared to what we see). If I choose to change the rendering
> for artistic effect, that is a different discussion.
>
> I'd be much more inclined to accept the gray card WB as is on an overcast
> day for a portrait, a macro or an isolated subject. That would bring back
> the natural warmth of normal daylight, and since our eyes are isolating on
> that subject, it would probably appear more natural.
>
> Ben, I read and experimented with your method a few months back and learned
> a lot from it. Thank you for that in depth write up. I'll go through it
> again. (I'm not sure I want to work THAT hard!). I don't have a fancy
> custom camera profiling target, so I used the default camera profile
> supplied with RPP.
>
> I appreciate the input.
>
> Lou
>
> On Sunday, August 18, 2013, Hening Bettermann wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 18.Aug.2013, at 14:32, Louis Dina wrote:
>>> my interest is primarily in how best to use a gray
>>> card to approach reality as we perceive it.
>>
>> Hi Louis,
>>
>> I have described an attempt to approach the WB as we see it, here:
>>
>>
>> http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?topic=73620.msg585299#msg585299
>>
>> Good light! - Hening
>>
>>
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