On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 20:50:32 -0500 (EST), PhotoRoy6@xxxxxxx wrote/replied to: > > I reshot the pictures today with the purple towel as the background >in the shade while the Christmas star is in bright sunlight. On auto white >balance purple towel came out blue again. With the camera set to daylight white >balance towel comes out as purple. > Then I shot the red ribbon on the lamp post in auto white balance, in >daylight white balance and in tungsten light balance. In each shot the red >ribbon was the same bright orange. The surprising thing was the background color >balance. In the auto white mode it was neutral like the scene, in the >daylight white balance setting it was orange and it was blue in the tungsten mode. It >was 3 o' clock. Not late enough to effect slide film yet but obviously the >digital sensor chip is hypersenstive to orange tinge of the color of the >sunlight. >This was with a Gateway camera. I hope the more expensive digital camera >gives better colors. I've shot a lot of dogs lately, and usually just as the sun is sinking so i've got some extrememly orange casts. It has not been a problem to balance them. They still look a bit orangish, but they look like my eyes saw them. In other words, they look natural. Shot RAW on Daylight WB. I doubt if these types of shots could ever be balanced as well from any film I know of. Maybe if you shot with the right filter, but that's a hassle eh. -- Jim Davis, Nature Photography: http://jimdavis.oberro.com/ Motorcycle Relay Kits: http://www.easternbeaver.com/
