Re: Advice - pics of ice carvings

"Celcius" <celcius38@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Joel" <Joel@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "Celcius" <celcius38@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> Hi everyone!
>>>
>>> I took some photos of ice carvings on Saturday:
>>> http://picasaweb.google.fr/cosmar38/IceCarvings
>>>
>>> These were under some sort of canopy - no way to alter lighting 
>>> conditions.
>>> Any suggestion to get better results are welcome.
>>>
>>> By the way, I shot in RAW and altered the WB after the fact.
Originally, 
>>> I
>>> had shot "Shade" and altered to "Sunlight". It was yellowish before...
>>
>> I don't know if anyone can give you any suggestion when you don't tell
>> what you have done at your end?
>>
>> IOW, not many people do or have the chance to photograph ice cavings
like
>> you do to have much or any experience to share with you, *BUT* if you
can
>> provide some detailed information of what you do then someone here may
be
>> able to spot some error or at least some idea/suggestion.
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Marcel
>
> Thanks Joel.
> I was just wondering if those ice sculptures looked ok. But is are some 
> info:
> Canon D30
> RAW pics
> Picture style=standard
> Color space RGB
> ISO set at 320
> WB= shade, later changed to sunny.
> Evaluative metering
> All shot in P mode.
> Most were shot at around f4 and between 17-25mm
> marcel
>

I wonder how they'd look like with tungsten wb to bring out
the "coldness" in them. Also as one suggested, the background
was a distraction, and try to use longer lense with wide aperture
for dof.