what is your trick to adjust the right color tone?

librazhy

sometimes when i see the sun, i put it daylight mode. but the color is pretty ugly
dunno why i use shade mode the most, doesn't make sense..

how can we easily tuned it to show the real color? to show wat human eyes see
a) for a model, shoot like 5 pics of different wht balance, check display, then tune it by +3 or -3?
b) bring a set of 7 colors cards, shoot it, and check the display?
c) use a set of white, grey, black cards, shoot it, then zoom in & check display?
d) adjusting 5500K by + & - 1000K?
e) others pls specify

what exactly is bracket shooting?? wats it for?

[ 本帖最後由 librazhy 於 2008-8-11 20:04 編輯 ]

chobit

What camera r u shooting?  IF u r shooting with DSLR, r u shooing JPG?  Have u try RAW?

librazhy

using sony dslr, shooting jpgs. haven't try raw.
wats the advantage of using raw? heard its a bunch of original datas, and ppl need a lot of time to adjust this & that afterwards. i dunno much about it.

shutterbug

shoot raw lor

Catpiano

With your question ..  simple answer --> Raw ..  

Or do your own manual WB set up ..  both will cost u time anyway ...

And as I always say .. flash will help!! you can't take good pic without learning and experiencing ..

pkphilip

I always to custom white balance, works better than auto.

Philip

chobit

Sorry for not getting back to you right away..!

Like many other suggested.  Shooting Raw is your best options.  However, custom white balance is your best alternative if you don't want to use Raw.  In the old days, films are mostly day light balance  (There are tungstens as well).  To correct the color temperture, color can be adjusted through using items suchs as warm/cool filters.  then other color corrections are done at the lab when they are being printed.  However, with digital, we are now the lab person who have to make the adjustments ourserlves.

What you would need to do is learn more about color temperture, and start using custom white balance.  You may use non-white paper to correct color cast, etc...!

eg. if may notice pictures taking with lots of grass/trees, would cast a green color on your photos.  So, if you use white paper which has what color cast for adjusting your white balance with some additional color bias.

原帖由 librazhy 於 2008-8-11 18:47 發表
sometimes when i see the sun, i put it daylight mode. but the color is pretty ugly
dunno why i use shade mode the most, doesn't make sense..

how can we easily tuned it to show the real color? to show ...

Catpiano

Or ..  shoot FILM ..  no hassle !