Michelle Ross |
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What Happened here?
Hello . .. can someone offer some advice here.. . I did a shoot yesterday and used a white background. .. I used two lights on the background(Novatron flashheads) one on each side(about 11:00 o'clock position) shooting on the background with a another light on the subject at 6:00 o clock position. I had a uncovered window on the north but I have shot that way before with no problems. (there was snow on the groudn though). Anyway . . . I had the flash heads set to full power(I have -1 or full) and when I metered they were f13 and it was f9.5(dog) and f11(boy) where my subject was sitting. I set my white balance to 4300 Kelvin because that seemed to show me the best color in my LCD and in looking at them at home in my monitor they show the best color too. I moved my subject a ways away from the background trying to avoid the light from the background spilling over onto him . . . anyway . .. I did the shoot and they looked really good in my LCD. . maybe a tad bit bright on the background but I use Photoshop and knew I can make adjustments . . . but the boy looked about right as far as exposure. . . so I get them home and load them to my computer and all of the ones with the white background have a "hazey" look to them and some appear almost out of focus. .. One thing I did notice after I got done with the white background was my w250/500 switch(I thought it was at 250) was kind of in between the two . . .but the lights were firing . .. I usually shoot on 250. Looking at my histogram in the camera is was very flat. .. but I'll admit I do not understand how that all relates. . .on and I shot in JPEG Fine so adjusting in RAW isn't the issue . . .yes Iknow I should shoot in RAW but I am just not understanding the workflow on that and have that on my "resolutions" for the new year. . . anyway . . here are two pictures using the settings. . . one is a test shot I used with a dog and another of the boy I did. both are using the same settings except the fstop as indicated above.
December 18, 2005
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- Gregory LaGrange
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Looks like plain old glare from background to me.
December 18, 2005
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Michelle Ross |
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Hi Gregory! Thanks for answering . .. so I'm understanding you to say that the light reflecting off the background hit my lens to clas glare as if I was shooting towards daylight?
December 18, 2005
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Michelle Ross |
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that should read to "cause" glass glare
December 18, 2005
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- Gregory LaGrange
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Yeah. Too much light or too much reflection. You could help it with levels if you can't reshoot.
December 18, 2005
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Michelle Ross |
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I did do some "adjusting" but finding I'm having a hard time making them look consistent. .. here are a couple of "fixed" versions!
December 18, 2005
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Pete H |
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Hello Michelle; The background is fine if you don't mind the "blown out" look.
I have to agree with the other posters..there is just too much light that was out of control..(i.e) splashing everywhere! If you are trying to post edit this, select the background, then select inverse and only work the subjects.
As for the focus being off due to the excesssive light; well, there's not much you can do. Ease off on your light intensity in the future...hope you're using a lens hood too. Pete
December 19, 2005
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