Howdy Campateers,
Okay filters improve a photo but what happens when I don't have the extra cash to go buy a polarizer filter...because they ain't cheap. Well to answer your question that is if you camera cost over $50 is to learn to adjust the white balance that you can set in your camera.
What the....
Setting the White Balance when needed is another key to great color photos. This comes out the same with an $5,000 camera or a camera phone. I know: I also tried this on a Canon 5D ($3,300) and 16-35mm L ($1,700) and got the same results. You need to adjust the White Balance at times with every camera. I've also found point-and-shoots to be better than the more expensive DSLRs at auto white balance!
This is so simple it often confuses people who think it's supposed to be complicated.
White Balance is nothing more than an adjustment to get the color you want. You set it to look good on the camera's LCD and that's it until the light changes. There is no right answer; it's what looks good to you. Getting the image to look right is all that matters. Tweak WB until it looks good. Period.
That's right: I play with it until it looks good on the color screen on the back of my camera. SIMPLE! Of course it helps to know what the tweaks do to help you get there.
Photos can look too orange, blue or green even if the subject looked OK to our naked eyes. Since we can preview the photos on our color LCDs setting white balance is easy.
Our eyes adjust this automatically just as they do for lightness and darkness. It would be great if cameras did this as well as our eyes do, but cameras often need a little help just like they do with exposure.
White balance settings may be altered for deliberate creative purposes, exactly as we do with exposure.
You can change the orangeness or bluishness of your images to make them as warm, neutral or cool as you want without having to use glass filters. You even can get rid of the green cast from fluorescent lighting, all without the glass filters we need for film. Cool, huh?
In my next reply I'll address white balance in greater detail without confusing you. Sound good? Even the Kodak Z710 has white balance changes that can be made for the type of photo you are shooting. So hang with me and we'll get into it soon. Thanks for looking!
Examples are found towards the end of the thread. More will be used as I remember where they are hidden...I'm searching through 135,000 images and have a good system, it just takes some time to find exactly what I need to show. I have everything backed up too, other hard drives, gold-plated DVDs, CDs and in hard drives attached only for backing up photos.
Okay filters improve a photo but what happens when I don't have the extra cash to go buy a polarizer filter...because they ain't cheap. Well to answer your question that is if you camera cost over $50 is to learn to adjust the white balance that you can set in your camera.
What the....
Setting the White Balance when needed is another key to great color photos. This comes out the same with an $5,000 camera or a camera phone. I know: I also tried this on a Canon 5D ($3,300) and 16-35mm L ($1,700) and got the same results. You need to adjust the White Balance at times with every camera. I've also found point-and-shoots to be better than the more expensive DSLRs at auto white balance!
This is so simple it often confuses people who think it's supposed to be complicated.
White Balance is nothing more than an adjustment to get the color you want. You set it to look good on the camera's LCD and that's it until the light changes. There is no right answer; it's what looks good to you. Getting the image to look right is all that matters. Tweak WB until it looks good. Period.
That's right: I play with it until it looks good on the color screen on the back of my camera. SIMPLE! Of course it helps to know what the tweaks do to help you get there.
Photos can look too orange, blue or green even if the subject looked OK to our naked eyes. Since we can preview the photos on our color LCDs setting white balance is easy.
Our eyes adjust this automatically just as they do for lightness and darkness. It would be great if cameras did this as well as our eyes do, but cameras often need a little help just like they do with exposure.
White balance settings may be altered for deliberate creative purposes, exactly as we do with exposure.
You can change the orangeness or bluishness of your images to make them as warm, neutral or cool as you want without having to use glass filters. You even can get rid of the green cast from fluorescent lighting, all without the glass filters we need for film. Cool, huh?
In my next reply I'll address white balance in greater detail without confusing you. Sound good? Even the Kodak Z710 has white balance changes that can be made for the type of photo you are shooting. So hang with me and we'll get into it soon. Thanks for looking!
Examples are found towards the end of the thread. More will be used as I remember where they are hidden...I'm searching through 135,000 images and have a good system, it just takes some time to find exactly what I need to show. I have everything backed up too, other hard drives, gold-plated DVDs, CDs and in hard drives attached only for backing up photos.
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