 Neal Williams |
Flourescent Lighting Does flourescent lighting mess up the pictures ? The other night I was takeing pictures in a school and the pictures did not come out that great any suggestions ( HELP )
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Michael H. Cothran |
Fluorescent lights, by themselves, do not "mess up" a picture. However, they are very green in nature, and require magenta filtering to return its hue to a more daylight hue. Also, if you are shooting in an open room (school room, office, etc) with lighting coming straight down, they, if used by themselves, can create shadow problems, and an "unnatural" look, as we are not normally lit from straight above. If you use a camera flash to fill in the shadows, it will help immensely. HOWEVER!...you must do it correctly, or the two different color lights (flash & fluorescent) will clash. To do it "correctly," you will need to place a green filter over your flash, and a magenta filter over your lens. The green filter on the flash converts it to the same "white balance" as the fluorescent tubes, and the magenta filter over the lens converts both back to daylight white. Michael H. Cothran www.mhcphoto.net
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Terry R. Hatfield |
Very Informative Answer Miachel! Neal If Your Shooting Digital You Can Just Set Your White Balance To Flourescent If Your Camera Has That Setting,It Usually Works Out Pretty Well:-)
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Neal Williams |
I am usein a panasonic Fz20. It takes great pictures but for some reason I couldnt get a good picture that night.
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- Carolyn M. Fletcher  Contact Carolyn M. Fletcher Carolyn M. Fletcher's Gallery |
I wonder if that filter from Virtual Photographer that's called "less tungsten" might do the shots some good? Anybody have any idea?
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Kerry L. Walker |
I am not familiar with that filter but, from the name, I doubt it. Tungsten is standard incandescent lighting and has a different color temperature than flourescent. It gives more of a golden look, rather than green. An FLD filter will correct for flourescent. For a combination of daylight (flash) and flourescent, do as Michael suggested.
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