"Now the bit of the question that has me confused is relating to proper exposure. WB and Colour Temp don't effect exposure as far as under or over exposure of the image only the colour bias of the image."
This is what i was…
The question that comes back is are you shooting raw or JPEG?
If you are shooting raw, set white balance to auto and you can change it to whatever value you wish later. Shoot the gray card as a reference for processing later.
If…
Just trying to get my head around the question to make sure I understand it correctly but this is what I do when using a Grey Card to set White Balance. First I set the camera to Auto WB so that it can automatically determine the nearest WB setting.…
Was just thinking about white balance and gray cards. I was wondering if it matters if your white balance is off when you take a gray card reading to get a proper exposure? Does color temp. affect a gray card reading?
Thanks for the reply. I don't have a soft box to get the large diffuse light I need. Would using a bed sheet hung in front of the light work? Also any tips for making it sharper. I used a 2 sec timer and mirror lock up, but I think it's…
There are several things, reflection in the plexi notwithstanding. 1) It isn't sharp. 2) You are using the wrong type of light source for this image. It needs a huge diffuse light source, you were using a small…
Thanks for the comment. I would have liked to get the whole reflection, but was limited because of the sheet of plexiglass i used wasnt big enough to get all of it.
I like the image & the lighting
my opinion would be that you have a great reflection - it was a shame you didnt get the whole bottle reflected.
It looks good enough to be an advert for Disaronno, well done
I was messing around with lighting and really liked the way this picture turned out. Was just wondering what others opinions were of it. Any feedback is appreciated. See More
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My Photography Equipment:
Canon EOS rebel xsi with 18-55mm kit lens
3-photofloods with reflectors
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