On 2008-03-24 16:42:15 -0700, "Rita Berkowitz" <ritaberk2008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
> C J Campbell wrote:
>
>> Not necessarily. The trouble with post camera WB editing is that you
>> cannot bring back the part of the spectrum that the camera did not
>> record, especially if you are shooting JPG images. Try shooting a JPG
>> with flash using tungsten balance, for example, and then try
>> correcting it back in Photoshop. You will never get the same image as
>> you would have done if you had shot it correctly in the first place.
>
> That's correct. How's the Auto WB on the D300? I find it to be pretty
> decent on the D3.
>
>> I will use an Expo/Disc to set custom white balance, but this is not
>> always practical. It is time consuming and a wild animal might not be
>> willing to sit there long enough for you to shoot a gray card or white
>> card or Expo/Disc. Besides, shooting a white card or gray card or
>> otherwise measuring white balance is not always accurate with a
>> polarizer.
>
> I know you are not going to tell me you got suckered into buying an
> ExpoDisc? A piece of white translucent florescent diffuser grid works
> extremely well and is just as accurate.
I like the Expo/Disc. Sure, I could make some clunky thing out of
plastic, but I am too lazy.
>
>> I find that animals are singularly uninterested in the quality of
>> their photographs. You would think they would take more pride in how
>> they present themselves to the public, but they don't. Shocking,
>> really. (And you never, EVER, follow a bear over a hill.)
>>
>> I would suggest comparing images shot with a Moose Filter with images
>> shot with an ordinary polarizer and then run through the 81A filter in
>> Photoshop. There is quite a bit of difference. The difference is not
>> always attractive. As I said before, the Moose filter can leave you
>> with a turquoise sky. But used properly and in its place, it is a
>> useful tool.
>
> Not sure on the D300, but the D3 lets you tweak the WB to do this in
camera.
You could do it this way. Eh, why not? But I have a Expo/Disc, and you
have a cheap piece of translucent white plastic. Niener niener. No
wonder you try to do it in camera instead. :-)
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Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor
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