Subject | Re: post processing |
From | YouDontNeedToKnowButItsNoëlle |
Date | 03/17/2014 09:33 (03/17/2014 09:33) |
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Newsgroups | rec.photo.digital |
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David TaylorI think it is "right". It has the colors of the show. But when the light is very dim, the dimmed stage spots give a reddish color that is not due to gels. The most terrible light effect I had was with a oriental music show with lot of changing colored lights, and overabundance of "black light". The "black light" totally confused the sensor and the results were yuk...
Yes, on some cameras I have the default exposure at -1/3 stop. I rarely find white-balance to be an issue, but I'm not often taking stage pictures (and I can appreciate the need for extra margin due to the greater dynamic range). I did take this one in Argentina:
http://www.satsignal.eu/Hols/2009/Antarctica/2009-01-22-0051-21-size.jpg
but there were so many lighting effects that I wouldn't want to say whether the WB is "right" or not.
there was some post-processing (such as noise reduction in PaintShop Pro 10). 1/30s, f/6.3 Nikon 18-200 mm at 200 mm.When I can be at 2000 iso, I consider that "plenty light" and I am very happy with it. http://th08.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2013/147/f/a/dsc3909_by_missumlaut-d66s3ts.jpg (not post-prod beside reduction and a slight ajustement of color balance) There, it was "plenty light",not to much light contrast,enough color contrast, and 2000 iso are good enough to allow every margin I need. Piece of cake ! That is not usual. More often, I use 3200 or 4000 iso...Even with a D700, that is not much, specially when most of the stage is dark areas. I dont stop down a lot, use my 70-200 2,8 (no VR) at 3,5 or 2,8. My own stability with this heavy lens does not allow me to go much under 1/160 s : and usually, people on the stage move as well ! Depends of the show. I am almost always a bit too short of 3-4 IL to make confortable choices.