Hmmm...as to color cast, in this shot, the men are somewhat that way already. I do notice that color correcting for flash shots can be somewhat like you say. When they are wearing Black and white clothing like in this shot, you can reasonably correct any color cast. The other thing that I have found to improve the look sometimes is to knock the saturation down a bit. It is almost like the extra light punches the colors up too much. You might try that sequence. First correct for white balance. Once you have that, then try dropping saturation until the skin tones look more natural.
As always, a properly calibrated monitor makes a lot of difference too. -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, January 22, 2007, 8:36:20 AM, you wrote: MM> Hi Bruce MM> the resolution of the single person looks good enough for me. It seems that MM> perfect exposure and lightning is an important factor. MM> What I would like to know: While the skin tone on the single shot looks MM> natural for me, the skin of the men MM> are quite brown/reddish. Would you say that your photo just reflects reality MM> or is there some partly color cast despite studio lightning? MM> In some ouf my photos with flash people faces often look a bit too reddish MM> for me, that's why I ask. MM> greetings MM> Markus MM> -----Original Message----- MM> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of MM> [EMAIL PROTECTED] MM> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 4:33 PM MM> To: pdml@pdml.net MM> Subject: Re: Film vs. Digital - not a religion MM> In a message dated 1/21/2007 8:56:27 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, MM> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: MM> Ok, here is a K10D shot of a group of 12. K10D, DA 16-45/4, ISO 200, MM> 1/125 sec @ f/13, studio strobes. MM> Reference photo: MM> http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/shaeffer_009.htm MM> 100% view of a single person: MM> http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/shaeffer_009a.htm MM> -- MM> Bruce MM> ========== MM> Nice shot Bruce. Really nice. I've been wondering if I would see a MM> resolution improvement from 6mp to 10mp. Yup, I do. I don't care about the MM> film/digital debate (since I won't be doing film again) , but I do care MM> about that. MM> Informative. MM> Thanks for sharing. MM> Still a tad too busy to make PESO comments yet. Got back on list about four MM> days ago and, boy, mailbox is getting filled already. Had forgotten how, MM> when MM> going strong, hard it is to keep up with the list. MM> Later, Marnie aka Doe :-) MM> -- MM> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List MM> PDML@pdml.net MM> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
