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« on: January 19, 2014, 13:45 »
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As a guy who likes all things blue,  a dark work area and cool colored things I am often told my images look a little blue.  I have warmed things up over the last year but before I make my 10 shot submission I wanted to ask about white balance.  Working with NEF's makes WB subjective.  Do you have any words of wisdom on white balance you would like to offer ??

Thanks for any help.


« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2014, 14:00 »
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Go by the colour of the object, not by the colour of the light or a colour that you think looks nice.

« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2014, 14:36 »
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Thank you,  makes sense.

AYA

« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2014, 15:50 »
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I always look at my images at some point on a white background because it makes it a lot easier to see color casts. When on dark grey, everything looks normal, but that's not always reliable.

Beppe Grillo

« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2014, 15:57 »
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The advice of BaldricksTrousers is a good one for objects.

If you shot landscaped it is another story
They don't understand the color of the ambient light (in relation to the place, the hour, the season), they don't understand the mechanisms of natural light and shadows.
They hate any kind of personal vision or interpretation. They love standard neutral things!

With Shutterstock it is a kind of lottery sometime.

« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2014, 16:27 »
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Get out of your blue period. That alone will cause many rejections.

You have two choices:
Be loyal to the light, or be loyal to the camera.
 Light: There is such a thing as blue winter evenings and redish summer evenings. Play with that and make stunning artistic images.
There are, however a lot of landscapic and lifestyle keywords (please note my opposite viewpoint) that is not expressed best with a tinted colour ballance. "Rollar coaster" for example, is best expressed in a neutral light.
Whenever you sell keyworded data files in form of images, you attract most customers by having an ideal white balance. That is what shutterstock knows, and why they reject the skewed, random or inappropriate white balances.
Also, it is also a sign of improfessionalism, to not be able to get the wb correct.

An ideal wb is obtained by selecting ONE pixel in the image, that ought to be white, and set it to 255

« Last Edit: January 19, 2014, 16:29 by JPSDK »

« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2014, 16:32 »
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For your initial 10, I'd go with the correct white balance, where white looks like white. Once you get in, you can play around a little until you figure out what works for you and the people buying your images.

« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2014, 16:52 »
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If you really want to submit to SS, use a gray card for every shot.  Then if they reject it you can resubmit with a note explaining that the white balance is in fact correct.

« Reply #8 on: January 20, 2014, 10:10 »
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Thanks to everyone.  Very much appreciated


 

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