Macro shots

Eddy

Hello All:
Don't know if this is a good macro shot..of a crystal Saxaphone with studded gold buttons..Idid some more shots today and used the sun rays which were reflected of the wall ..Taken with my Canon 100 USM IS.and 2 of the Kenko tubes. Nothing was cropped or PS edited and never used the ring light i have all sun








Enjoy all were taken at 1x3 witht he tubes
emjoy

GOLDENORFE

what wb setting did you shoot at, the crystal looks quite brown/dull.
try a levels adjustment to brighten highlights.
phil

Eddy

Thanks Phil:
for the information.. would it be a good idea to do a custom WB or stick to the cameras WB.. I was thinking along the lines of doing the custom WB ..but maybe it would be wrong.

paddler4

Eddy,

The levels issue is separate from WB. The levels tool, and tools related to it, are used to increase or change the dynamic range of the image (dark to light).

If you want real control over your images, forget the camera settings, shoot RAW, and adjust everything, including white balance, in postprocessing. You can use the camera's setting just to make things look more like they should on the LCD, but unless you shoot JPEG, it makes no difference to the final image. It's very useful to take one shot with a neutral gray card with the same light. Then you can use that in PP to get at least a starting point for the best WB. (I often go a bit warmer than the gray card indicates, but it is just taste.)

Dan

Eddy wrote:

Thanks Phil:
for the information.. would it be a good idea to do a custom WB or stick to the cameras WB.. I was thinking along the lines of doing the custom WB ..but maybe it would be wrong.

Eddy

Thanks Paddler..woow all this info is second to none..i will take and treasure all the infowhich is so so positive...and can only make me a better macro phhotographer