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Re: the six million dollar question!
In reply to Nell27,
6 months ago
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Nell27 wrote:
boardsy wrote:
Nell27 wrote:
It's really very simple. Proper white balance gives you correct colors.
Again - "true" white is actually blue-ish daylight caused by the diffusion of sunlight through the earth's atmosphere (presumably?) i.e. just a different lighting environment. Why does a sodium-lit scene have to be edited to mimic this to be "correct"? That yellow cast was the correct color in that scene. You might not like that, and prefer true-blue white, which is fine - it's your choice, just like exposure or sharpening - but that does not make you more technical or correct (it does seem to make you a little more arrogant though ;-)).
Alan
Yes, "arrogant" is probably the perfect description for my comments. My apologies.
I keep forgetting this is a forum primarily for discussing equipment and any discussion about photography is probably a waste of time.
I bow to the experts here and, in the future, vow to keep my rude/uninformed comments to myself.
Thanks for repeatedly ignoring the substantive points I make, focusing instead on a parenthetical comment with added winking symbol, and being sarcastic with it.
Your original comment that I was addressing was, and I quote, "people who know something about photography (other than pushing a button) will see a problem" - this implies that you and others like you (who know something about photography) see a problem, of which the ignorant button-pushers are blithely unaware.
Either you are accusing me among others of being such an ignorant button-pusher, or you are deliberately ignoring my technical point (yes, made on a technical gear/discussion forum) for some evasive reason . I'll try it again, for a third time:
"True" white is actually blue-ish daylight caused by the diffusion of sunlight through the earth's atmosphere i.e. just a particular lighting environment. Why should this version of colour be a scientific standard? Sometimes it's more pleasing to use this as a reference/standard, sometimes not. I use it often. Sometimes anothe WB, or sepia-tone, or black and white work better. Why do you assume that blue daylight is the "correct" white/colour balance for every/any scene?
Are you going to address my point, like I did yours, or continue to ignore it?
Alan
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