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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 324455" data-attributes="member: 12496"><p>Fluorescent lights are sort of a special problem, because they simply are not a continuous spectrum. The Sun is continuous, and incandescent lights are, and flash pretty much is - yet all of these have different types, and (except for the Sun), also age. Bottom line, we really never know what exact color our lights are. Saying, it's really not enough to simply set the camera to some one WB value. Instead, we have to correct the image to match the light we actually have. It is good to calibrate the monitor, but even if so, the image has to be corrected too.</p><p></p><p>The solution is to include a known neutral white card in a test picture (in the same lighting) and then use software that can easily correct it to be the correct known neutral color. If using Raw images/software, this is one click, to correct all of your pictures in that same light. Then we really don't worry about the color of the light, we simply just easily fix it. It is virtually trivial.</p><p></p><p>Adobe software (Elements, Photoshop) can also do this White Balance correction to JPG images, adequately, however this does not have the full range raw has. And of course Raw software does this even better. See <a href="http://www.scantips.com/lights/flashbasics1f.html" target="_blank">White Balance Correction, with or without Raw</a></p><p></p><p>A problem like your yarn color needs more careful work than just some random snapshot of the dog. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 324455, member: 12496"] Fluorescent lights are sort of a special problem, because they simply are not a continuous spectrum. The Sun is continuous, and incandescent lights are, and flash pretty much is - yet all of these have different types, and (except for the Sun), also age. Bottom line, we really never know what exact color our lights are. Saying, it's really not enough to simply set the camera to some one WB value. Instead, we have to correct the image to match the light we actually have. It is good to calibrate the monitor, but even if so, the image has to be corrected too. The solution is to include a known neutral white card in a test picture (in the same lighting) and then use software that can easily correct it to be the correct known neutral color. If using Raw images/software, this is one click, to correct all of your pictures in that same light. Then we really don't worry about the color of the light, we simply just easily fix it. It is virtually trivial. Adobe software (Elements, Photoshop) can also do this White Balance correction to JPG images, adequately, however this does not have the full range raw has. And of course Raw software does this even better. See [URL="http://www.scantips.com/lights/flashbasics1f.html"]White Balance Correction, with or without Raw[/URL] A problem like your yarn color needs more careful work than just some random snapshot of the dog. :) [/QUOTE]
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