So this was my view in cuba.

 

sick pana..a little tilted tho

 

I really miss summer!

 

Anyone spot and identify the reflection on the vinyl?

 

randoms

 

handheld pana overlooking manhattan skyline. the shot was taken from the new jersey side...just at the foot of goldman sachs tower.

 

nicely stitched

 

thanks trance....the light was perfect that day so that helped

a shot taken at a recent tcc meet....the white balance was a struggle to set that night due to very strong yellow/orangish floodlights overhead in the parking lot.

 

i thought you were gonna buy a grey card?
worn asphalt is also very close to 18% grey
10 seconds work and yer good to go...why make it harder than you need to??

 

marty....i never bought the grey card since it was not available at the time. what i had however was a shot taken using a grey card tool (its like a filter cap that fits over the lens with a 18% grey surface) but it didnt work even when i used that.

i took the shots using FL white balance and did some temperature adjustment in PS.

i wanna know though still how would you cancel the effect of such strong overhead yellowish light with any custom WB tool out there. i have taken shots in parking lots before with white FL light overhead and they looked more natural imo.

 

^^ very complicated conversations, you all have.lol



but damm Sal, im lovin that tcc meet pic, love the florecent yellow hue, feels warm and summer ish.lol

 

i like the hue. to hell with technically accurate pics i like your shot and the tilted pano up top also

 

look into getting lightroom. this was just with the auto wb, i didn't do any adjustments to it at all. often very precise.

 

20second CS3 correction

 

ok thats sik work kev and matt (i wish i had spent more time in PS correcting the color) but this is all post processing. how would u guys deal with the light while actually shooting in such light? WB bracketering? Custom WB? or anything else.....

 

my camera I can actually dial in the kelvin rating for the white balance and I know those stupid orange parking/street lights are around 2350k so I use a white balance around there. I try to get it as close as possible so its less work in photoshop in the end.

when you know u have bad or difficult lighting shooting in raw is your best bet since post processing is gonna be needed and with raw files you can tweak them without bastaradizing the actual picture

 

great tip...thanks again dude

 

first i'd try a PRE WB shot using the available surroundings...as noted above worn pavement is damn close to 18%...so i'd shoot the pavement
if that failed me i'd revert back to a straight white shot.....
so.....since i'm parked outside a Timmies i walk in to said Timmies and swipe a napkin..
i take said napkin outside to the area in question and do another PRE WB shot...if it's still off or not to my liking i, as Matt noted, adjust the kelvin settings up or down from there

 

LOL, i like that napkin idea. gonna have to steal it and claim it as my own.
well here is one.

 

the napkin and asphalt technique sounds interesting...will try that for sure