On Jan 21, 2011, at 12:05 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: Paul Stenquist >> Definitely a color balance issue, but it's the venue not the camera. >> The pool hall has a range of lighting, some quite red, some green and >> pure tungsten -- all converging right at the edge of the table where >> the shooters stand. So I compromise in conversion. The pics would >> probably be better as BW, but I had fun trying to balance things out. >> I'll probably do some conversions later, using the separate channels >> to determine gray values. Paul On Jan 20, 2011, at 2:00 PM, J.C. >> O'Connell wrote: >> >>>> are the long sleeves pink or is there a noticable color balance >>>> issue here? >>>> > > Cue ball looks white. The sleeve on her left arm has less tint than the > sleeve on her right arm. Makes sense it's from the mixed lighting. > > Neon sign out of the frame to her right somewhere? > > Gotta say that pool hall looks a lot nicer than the ones I remember from the > days of my misspent youth. Lighting's a lot better. > > And I don't remember pretty girls hanging around pool halls back then either.
Yes, there are a number of neon signs in the room, as well as televisions and a variety of lighting. It's a challenge. The establishment is called Snookers, and it's the contemporary reinvention of the pool hall: part dating bar, part sports bar, but with lots of pool tables -- around 30 I believe. The event I shot was the opening night of an 8-week tournament for ad agency employees, many of which are attractive young ladies. That's particularly true of the media buyers, whose job it is to get a good deal for the clients from the folks who sell ad space and broadcast time for internet sites, magazines, and television networks. In the old days, before PC, the sales people at the various venues were called "space cadets," while the agency buyers were referred to as "media bunnies." Of course, being a very considerate and thoughtful person, I would never use that kind of insensitive language. Paul > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1191 / Virus Database: 1435/3393 - Release Date: 01/20/11 > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
