Martin played about with the white balance.

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Martin played about with the white balance.

Post by mickthefish » Tue Feb 17, 2009 6:19 pm

i've taken some more pics of the loaches, see what you think now after tinkering about with the camera settings.
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what do you think of them.?

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Post by Mad Duff » Tue Feb 17, 2009 6:24 pm

They look a lot better and sharper Mick :)
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Post by mickthefish » Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:13 pm

cheers matey, i was hoping you'd say something like that.

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Post by Martin Thoene » Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:48 pm

Now we're cooking with gas! There's still a yellowish tinge, but that'll be the tannins no doubt.

Next thing you do is edit.....

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A crop, some sharpening, a bit of imperfection cloning out and a slight hue and saturation adjustment. Nothing fancy........

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By the way. That's one hell of a fish 8)

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Post by Graeme Robson » Wed Feb 18, 2009 3:53 am

They looking superb now mate! 8)

Here's a handy little tool for cropping and saturation adjustments etc. http://www.irfanview.com/
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Post by mickthefish » Wed Feb 18, 2009 6:26 am

thanks lads, and Martin thats a nice bit of work with the pic, all i did was clarify it on paintshop pro, but with a bit of tinkering i should be able to get near the mark.
i did a couple of shots of the rainbows and they come out very neat.

Graeme mate i'll let Anne look at that site, she's my teacher bud. :lol:

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Post by Keith Wolcott » Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:30 am

Great photos! Much improved. Beautiful dario, striata, kubotai, and others.

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Post by newshound » Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:45 pm

you are mixing colour temps
a flash is (somewhat) daylight balanced
and the light in your tank is not daylight balanced
hence the loach is (somewhat) of a proper colour and the background isn't.
some ways around this:
-over ride the camera and under expose the background so it dark.
-or don't shoot with flash and set the camera to whatever the colour temp is for the tank.
-or bathe the whole scene in flash and set the camera to daylight balance. This would involve multi flashes...best to avoid.
-or don't worry about it :wink:
drain your pool!

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Post by helen nightingale » Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:01 am

nice fish you have there Mick

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