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Feb 6, 2022 23:39:31   #
Tomorrow I'll set it up again using a higher aperture like you mentioned. I'll tell what happens.

Thank you so much 😃
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Feb 6, 2022 19:36:51   #
photoman022 wrote:
Typical Cony25 message. Over and over he posts similar inquiries and never follows up with photos, etc. I think he does it to get attention.


Yes, photo, I am craving attention from you, can you please give it to me?
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Feb 6, 2022 17:51:21   #
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I have this flash with a sofbox. Went to the lowest flash setting and all pictures are overexposed....please help!
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Jan 31, 2022 18:02:08   #
amfoto1 wrote:
There are two things going on here...

One is that many large venues use fluorescent or sodium vapor lighting. That "fools" camera meters. Basically the lighting cycles on and off very rapidly. 60X per second in the US (50X a sec in some other parts of the world). This causes a lot underexposure problems when shooting under that type of lighting. Typically there's a yellowish color shift related to the under-exposure, too.

Your Canon 80D has an Anti-Flicker mode that can solve the problem. When that's enabled the camera will detect the light cycling and time the shutter release to match the lights' peak output. Except for the most entry-level models (Rebel T7, SL3 and T100... M50 Mark II and M200), this feature is found on all Canon DSLRs and mirrorless since it was first introduced with the 7D Mark II in 2014.

Shooting sports with faster shutters speeds "under the lights" I had a lot of trouble with lighting. Prior to the 7DII there was no real solution. Flash wasn't an option and shutter speeds that can reduce the problem are too slow for sports (also make hand held shots less stable). About half my images under the lights would have exposure problems, often to the point the images weren't recoverable. All I could do was take lots of extra shots to increase the odds of getting some good exposures. Once I got cameras with Anti-Flicker and started using it, I see very, very few images with those problems any more. It's been a huge game changer!

You also will get better results if you set a Custom White Balance. Yes, you can try selecting the Tungsten WB preset, but it will be wrong as much or more often than it's right. You also can shoot RAW and change from one WB preset to another during post-processing, but that has the same problem. Lighting comes in a wide variety of "colors". They also change color rendition as they age. Unless you install the bulbs yourself or buy a very expensive type of color meter that can tell you the temperature of the lighting, it's just a guess what you're working with. And all the preset WB are essentially just estimates. Rounded off numbers, rather than precisely matched to the actual color of the light.

Learn to set a Custom WB and you can eliminate these sorts of problems. It's easy. All you need is a neutral target. I frequently use a couple Lastolite (or Manfrotto) EZ Balance for that purpose. These are a nice, large fabric target that folds up small for storage. EZYbalance are available in three sizes. Mine are the medium size (20"). https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/375202-REG/Lastolite_LL_LR2050_EZYBalance_Grey_White_Card.html?sts=pi&pim=Y

For portraiture in particular, I sometimes instead use Warm Card targets. Three of those are designed to create a slightly warmer image that's often desirable when shooting portraits. Warm Cards also come with a couple that will cause a cooler bias, as well as one to help correct the ugly greenish tint many fluorescent lights cause. There's a gray card/white card that's perfectly neutral, too (serving much the same purpose as the Lastolite targets). Warm Cards are available in two sizes. I use the smaller ones. https://www.vortexmediastore.com/pages/warmcards-white-balance-system

EDIT: The EXIF says no flash was used.

Finally, I hope you don't mind... I looked at your image in Photoshop and did some tweaking. I added a #80 cooling filter as well as just a little green. It started to look a bit flat, so I boosted saturation a bit and ended up adding a weak red filter. I also adjusted the mid-tone exposure slightly. And, sorry, I had to try to straighten it a bit! But you can only do a limited amount of corrections working with a JPEG such as this. See below for the results (be sure to click through to the larger version, for some reason the "thumbnails" in posts here on UHH often look oversaturated and color shifted):
There are two things going on here... br br One i... (show quote)



Wow!! Thank yo so much for your explanation!!! you could be a teacher!
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Jan 31, 2022 16:22:12   #
My commentary to all of you is that the church did not seem this orange to the naked eye. Light just looked a little off orange. This is the trippy issue.
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Jan 31, 2022 15:07:50   #
So how can I get this right on the spot? and not in post-production?

Also any recommendations for post productions? getting the tones right?
Please help!


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Jan 12, 2022 12:29:40   #
Jim-Pops wrote:
Background was busy and had some strong shadows. I used a graduated filter to adjust the color from left to center. Next made a mask just for the faces and added some natural skin tone


what filter id you use for the natural skin tone or what feature in lightroom?
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Jan 11, 2022 13:56:58   #
JD750 wrote:
Please don't let the bores get under your skin. Ignore them. There are plenty of kind people here who are willing to help.

Here is a "glass half full" thought:
Could be Les didn't know how to fix it, so that's the best he could offer.

And sometimes "shoot it again" is the best answer. When stalking a landscape photo for example, you can go back and shoot it again, try different lighting, different weathers, different time of day. However it was not the right answer in this case.
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Thank you JD, you are right his ignorance made him say that.
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Jan 10, 2022 16:30:52   #
Right on spot.. how could you tell? What would you have done? I had a mounted flash that I just kept playing with the direction..
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Dec 23, 2021 11:32:20   #
[quote=JD750]

Really Les? That's the best you can do for someone who asks for help with an exposure problem? I hope you feel very proud of yourself.[/quote

Just plain mean
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Dec 22, 2021 16:25:05   #
fredpnm wrote:
Not sure what the colors should be, but with a little work in Lightroom or Photoshop (using masking) you can correct some of the flash issues. This was a quick fix, spend a bit of time, especially to work on what the color issue is and I think you can save all these photos...and if you had a hood on the lens, take it off when using the flash.

Good luck...


what features did you use in lightroom? Please help
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Dec 22, 2021 15:49:06   #
So Iwas using a camera mounted flash and I turned the camera sideways, so the flash only covered part of the picture so now I am stuck with a color mismatched picture :(

Also the colors are a little off....

Any suggestions? Please help


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Nov 28, 2021 11:55:58   #
ClarkJohnson wrote:
Impressive indeed. The eagles we have seen there (last April) were in the stands of trees as you leave the levees and head towards the exit.



I saw the trees and kept watching for nests or eagles. Maybe they were just sleeping.


According to the other recording, more than 300 species of birds, I saw about 40 different species. many alligators basking in the sun.
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Nov 27, 2021 11:46:10   #
Wow, thank you !! I went to lake Apopka yesterday, saw tons of birds but no eagles :(.
More than 300 bird species live there, quite impressive.
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Nov 23, 2021 13:41:11   #
I am currently in Orlando and looking for wildlife, preferably bald eagles. Any suggestions for sightings? Best spots for photogaphy?
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