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Not Running => The Fruit Stand (Photography) => Topic started by: Mrtambourineman on June 02, 2014, 06:49:06 PM
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Hey there. I took a whole whack of shots of some kite boarders on Saturday with my camera set on flourescent white balance which made the photos turn blueish. I have Gimp as my digital darkroom software. I shot in JPeg only - no Raw. Can someone please tell me how to go about fixing this.
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I don't know gimp, but in PhotoShop there are several ways to temper it. I'll tell you what I would do and maybe you know the equivalent in gimp.
First I would try the curves function which allows you to set a black, white or middle gray point using the eye dropper tool. Using the eye dropper, you select an area of the photograph that should be true white or true middle gray. I usually prefer the middle gray result, but sometimes the white point is better. Very often this is all you need to do.
Another option is to use a selective color adjustment. In PS, there is a dialog box that allows you to select the color you want to modify (white, red, bye, green, etc). I would select white, then adjust the cyan slider until white looks white. There are other sliders, so I would adjust until it looks right.
If either of these didn't work, my last resort would be to use a red color overlay at some reduced opacity (25%?) to counteract the green.
I hope this will at least give you an idea of what you can try. Good luck!
I once saw engagement photos done by a well known and very expensive So Cal photographer in which about 75 of the proofs were shot with tungsten white balance and the photos were all outdoors. Everything was a lovely shade of blue!
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I don't know gimp, but in PhotoShop there are several ways to temper it. I'll tell you what I would do and maybe you know the equivalent in gimp.
First I would try the curves function which allows you to set a black, white or middle gray point using the eye dropper tool. Using the eye dropper, you select an area of the photograph that should be true white or true middle gray. I usually prefer the middle gray result, but sometimes the white point is better. Very often this is all you need to do.
Another option is to use a selective color adjustment. In PS, there is a dialog box that allows you to select the color you want to modify (white, red, bye, green, etc). I would select white, then adjust the cyan slider until white looks white. There are other sliders, so I would adjust until it looks right.
If either of these didn't work, my last resort would be to use a red color overlay at some reduced opacity (25%?) to counteract the green.
I hope this will at least give you an idea of what you can try. Good luck!
I once saw engagement photos done by a well known and very expensive So Cal photographer in which about 75 of the proofs were shot with tungsten white balance and the photos were all outdoors. Everything was a lovely shade of blue!
Thanks OL - It sounds like I did what your So Cal photographer did. All of my kite surfing images are a lovely shade of blue as well. I think using the white as my adjustment key may be my best choice because most of these photos are dominated by ocean and sky.
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Well I managed to work on two images last night. The first was predominantly ocean and sky so I used the white dropper to work on it. Its a lot better, but its still quite dark/blue in places. I used the grey dropper on a shot that had more land and buildings in it and that worked much better. Still looks a little off. I may need to play around with it more.
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I know it's not helpful for these pics, but can I ask why you're not shooting in RAW (or at least RAW + jpg)?
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I know it's not helpful for these pics, but can I ask why you're not shooting in RAW (or at least RAW + jpg)?
Simple answer is probably laziness and drive space. I don't have the time to mess around with my photos much after I take them so JPEG pretty much works for me and I have limited space to store them. Another factor is I tended to use a smallish card (4 Gig) with the old camera and I took a lot of action shots so I was worried about filling up my card. I bought an 8 gig card with the new camera and I have a 4 gig back up card from my digital video camera that I can use in a pinch now so in camera storeage isn't as big a deal.
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http://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-layer-white-balance.html (http://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-layer-white-balance.html)
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http://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-layer-white-balance.html (http://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-layer-white-balance.html)
Thanks. I'll give that a try.