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[OM] Re: First Zuiko shots on 5D - and praise for the WhiBal

Subject: [OM] Re: First Zuiko shots on 5D - and praise for the WhiBal
From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 09:14:47 -0700
If you can't retake the shot the Eddie Tapp 90 percent method of  
white balance gets it right for me, oh, 90 percent of the time.  
Especially great for old slides.

http://www.photoworkshop.com/registered/softwarecinema/Eddie_Tapp/ 
index2.html



Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA




On May 21, 2006, at 10:31 PM, Moose wrote:

> It's been rainy the last couple of days, with clouds low enough to  
> make
> it foggy here.
>
> So I shot some irises sitting in a vase. Just test shots so the
> backgrounds aren't right, but I think the flowers came out quite well
> <http://moosemystic.net/Gallery/MPhotos/CAirises/>.
>
> At first, I was having a terrible time with the shots in the RAW
> converter and PS, Didn't look right, couldn't seem to fix them. Then I
> thought "Doh!", may have slapped my head, and ran in to take a shot of
> the WhiBal in it in the same light. Presto, click on the gray in the
> converter, process the others with the same setting, and suddenly
> everything it great. The lighting was an odd mix of tungsten, those  
> bulb
> replacement florescents behind opal glass and a little gray outdoor  
> light.
>
> Yeah, I know, the E-1 would have nailed the WB without help. :-)
>
> Moose
>
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