2008 US Figure Skating National Championships

tonichelletonichelle Registered Users Posts: 144 Major grins
edited February 7, 2008 in Sports
I'm a little annoyed as I couldn't figure out the white balance for the arena, and it changed from event to event anyway it seems :dunno I tried auto and got a nasty yellowish brown tint to everything, tried florescant and it came out closest but then some of them turn out great and others have a red hue to them... I don't get it!

anyway here are a few from early in the week... more to come as I upload...
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ok I lied, this particular shot was taken on the last night during the exhibitions. I'm not a fan of this pair, but I'm still happy for how the photo turned out! w00t!

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  • DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited February 5, 2008
    It looks like you're having trouble posting images. For more information on how to post a pic on dgrin, see the link in my signature. :D
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  • tonichelletonichelle Registered Users Posts: 144 Major grins
    edited February 6, 2008
    they're coming up fine for me.... *confused*
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  • DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited February 6, 2008
    tonichelle wrote:
    they're coming up fine for me.... *confused*


    They're in your browser cache. But I'd bet dollars to doughnuts that you don't have external links enabled for that gallery....
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  • tonichelletonichelle Registered Users Posts: 144 Major grins
    edited February 6, 2008
    is it defaulted to say "no" ?

    sorry I'm still so new to all of this, I'm normally not such a dunce on message boards!

    ETA - alright I *think* it's fixed?
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  • DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited February 6, 2008
    tonichelle wrote:
    is it defaulted to say "no" ?

    sorry I'm still so new to all of this, I'm normally not such a dunce on message boards!

    ETA - alright I *think* it's fixed?


    Yep, all good.
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  • DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited February 6, 2008
    Nice shootin'!

    But: they all seem dark and purple, to me. Seems like this would be a better look for them:

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  • tonichelletonichelle Registered Users Posts: 144 Major grins
    edited February 6, 2008
    DavidTO wrote:
    Nice shootin'!

    But: they all seem dark and purple, to me. Seems like this would be a better look for them:

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    IT does look better, and when I can afford photoshop I plan to edit and re-upload the photos(I have PSP, but I don't like how my editing comes out on that lol)... but I want to know why my white balance was off to begin with?

    I experimented as best I could while shooting, but couldn't find anything that would satisfy....
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,942 moderator
    edited February 6, 2008
    Ice rinks and other venues lit with sodium vapor lights are difficult to shoot in.
    The lights cycle making WB hard. It is especially true for the first 40 to 60
    minutes after they're turned on and while they warm up.

    If you shoot raw, it's easier to fix in post.
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  • tonichelletonichelle Registered Users Posts: 144 Major grins
    edited February 7, 2008
    ian408 wrote:

    If you shoot raw, it's easier to fix in post.

    that's what I figured, unfortunately I didn't have the ability as there were many hours of skating, and very few chances to upload to a computer (as I don't have another type of storage device at the moment :()

    At least I am not just a dunce rolleyes1.gif
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