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Re: [OM] IMG: Nathan's PAW 38: the world of work, mostly

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Nathan's PAW 38: the world of work, mostly
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2011 07:00:13 -0400
Ah, taking the part of "blown channel Moose" are you?  I wish I'd 
thought of that.  It make perfect sense.  The image is already biased 
toward blue/green by the overcast sky.  Cut out the red and yellow is 
what's left.

Chuck Norcutt


On 10/1/2011 8:55 PM, Wayne Harridge wrote:
> Probably the traffic light is just overexposed, once the red channel
> "saturates" the green has more influence on the colour than it would if
> properly exposed.
>
> ...Wayne
>
>>
>> I don't think you could have screwed up the color balance to produce
>> those (two of them) very yellow lamps.  The image has a blue cast as
>> one
>> would expect given the overcast skies but one can turn the slightly
>> bluish white paint on the dinosaur truck pure white and the lights are
>> still very yellow.  You can also note that other things in the image
>> that should be red (like taillights) are red.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 10/1/2011 10:24 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>>> No it's supposed to be red, so either I screwed up the color balance
>>> or the lamp is dirty, or the workers who put the light up screwed up.
>>> All 3 are possible ;-)
>>>
>>> Cheers, Nathan
>>>
>>> Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu
>>> http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK:
>>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog:
>>> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>>>
>>>
>>> YNWA
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 1, 2011, at 3:36 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have a question about the dinosaur picture. The traffic light is
>>>> showing as the color yellow. Is that the proper color for the top
>>>> light? Usually, the top one is red. Maybe it's a spanish thing
>>>> which I'm not aware of--like not using red because it wrecks havoc
>>>> with the bulls.
>>>>
>>>>
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