Messing with a new light tent

[rlditmars]

I just bought a light tent and was trying out a few pics. I don't have a great camera to start with and I certainly need to iron the background to get rid of the folds. The bulbs they included causes the snake to shimmer iridescently. Everything seems to have a light blue hue. Then with the flash it seem to over expose it. The two that look very orange are with a flash. Guess I will have to keep playing with it. Anyways here are a few pics. The true color of the snake is closer to the pictures with the flash on.

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Thanks for looking.

[h00blah]

I prefer th ones that don't look overexposed . The snake speaks for itself, despite the quality of the photo !!

[kiasyd]

A little Photoshop can go a long way when it comes to fixing lighting and exposure problems! That IS what it was originally meant for, after all! Then again, maybe not everyone is as into photo-editing as I am. Used some exposure correction, some tonal filters, a little bit of fiddling with the contrast, and a quick pass through a sharpening tool. I tried to match the cloth background to something similar to the colour in the flash pictures as best as I could, so hopefully that colour is a little more accurate than the original?

[rlditmars]

I prefer th ones that don't look overexposed . The snake speaks for itself, despite the quality of the photo !!

Thank you. It is a leopard pin that I picked up from Jon at Cold Blooded Addiction.

[rlditmars]

A little Photoshop can go a long way when it comes to fixing lighting and exposure problems! That IS what it was originally meant for, after all! Then again, maybe not everyone is as into photo-editing as I am. Used some exposure correction, some tonal filters, a little bit of fiddling with the contrast, and a quick pass through a sharpening tool. I tried to match the cloth background to something similar to the colour in the flash pictures as best as I could, so hopefully that colour is a little more accurate than the original?

Wow! That is really good and looks very much like the actual colors. I need me some Photoshop if I want to do the animals any justice. Thanks for showing me what can be done.

[Slowcountry Balls]

I just bought a light tent and was trying out a few pics. I don't have a great camera to start with and I certainly need to iron the background to get rid of the folds. The bulbs they included causes the snake to shimmer iridescently. Everything seems to have a light blue hue. Then with the flash it seem to over expose it. The two that look very orange are with a flash. Guess I will have to keep playing with it. Anyways here are a few pics. The true color of the snake is closer to the pictures with the flash on.

Thanks for looking.

One of the easiest things you can do is adjust the white balance on your camera. See if your camera has a custom white balance option. If it does, place a piece of white paper in the tent and take a picture of that. Tell your camera that the picture you took contains true white. That will allow your camera to make a big correction for you. Another option is to get something like a WhiBal card to help you correct the pictures after you take them. I am still just learning about photography, so there are members here who could probably give you more/better advise, but if you want to look at the impact that light temperature has on colors, you can look at this thread I started, http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showthread.php?211064-Light-Temperature-and-Pictures. I used a WhiBal card to correct for the different light temperatures. You can learn about WhiBal cards here http://michaeltapesdesign.com/whibal.html. Hope you have fun with the light kit and look forward to seeing what you show us.

[rlditmars]

One of the easiest things you can do is adjust the white balance on your camera. See if your camera has a custom white balance option. If it does, place a piece of white paper in the tent and take a picture of that. Tell your camera that the picture you took contains true white. That will allow your camera to make a big correction for you. Another option is to get something like a WhiBal card to help you correct the pictures after you take them. I am still just learning about photography, so there are members here who could probably give you more/better advise, but if you want to look at the impact that light temperature has on colors, you can look at this thread I started, http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showthread.php?211064-Light-Temperature-and-Pictures. I used a WhiBal card to correct for the different light temperatures. You can learn about WhiBal cards here http://michaeltapesdesign.com/whibal.html. Hope you have fun with the light kit and look forward to seeing what you show us.

Thanks. Very cool comparative photos and great information.