[Leica] Color Balance

[Tina Manley]

These are from the same camera and same lens, one taken 6 seconds after the
other.   The only difference is that one is color balanced in LR and one is
color balanced in PS.  I don't consider that to be a problem.  I like to
have the choice and sometimes take a photo into PS only to get the cooler
balance but I usually prefer the warmer color of LR.

The SL and the M240 do have different colors and it's easy to tell looking
at a grid of photos in LR which ones were made with which camera.
Side-by-side, I prefer the colors from the SL.  If they are not right next
to each other, either one looks fine.  They both sell just fine.  Of the
three that I have sold so far from the Iran trip, two were made with the
M240 and one with the SL.

Tina

On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 11:14 AM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote:

> Still not the same image? Are they both from the same camera? From the
> images you have shown the SL looks to have different colours to the M(240),
> unless you have been tweaking them...
>
> john
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> : Re: [Leica] Color Balance
>
> What color issues?  The warm vs cold?  I think either one could honestly
> show what was there.  It's just a matter of preference to me.  Sometimes I
> like warm and sometimes I like cold.
>
> Here is the monochrome from the M246:
>
> http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000YmlbTddL96g/I0000iFFdPh37wOA
>
> and here are two more balanced warm and then cold:
>
>
> http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000YmlbTddL96g/I0000N2dk0eZ7CLA
>
>
> http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000YmlbTddL96g/I0000SKdQXtszIco
>
> I don't consider that to be an issue, just a preference.  Some stock
> buyers may want a warmer and some might want a colder photo.  I like both
> and, in this case, I prefer the color over the B&W.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tina
>
> On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 10:48 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > > On May 28, 2016, at 7:41 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I do have a monochrome one of that scene that I'll post today.  I
> > > like
> > the
> > > contrast between the dry, rocky mountains and the lush, green wheat
> > > and between the black chadors and the brilliant blue mosque, though,
> > > which is why I chose color for this one.
> >
> >
> > I like that too. I am sorry to bring up an old question Tina. First
> > question to me is always, what is the photo about?  What is its
> > emotional impact due to (if it has any)?  If it does,  then, is color
> part of that?
> > If not, then bw. Otherwise, in my ho,  the color issues undermine the
> > essential thrust of the photo.
> >
> >
> >
> > steve
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Tina
> > >
> > > On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 7:40 AM, Steve Barbour
> > > <steve.barbour at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> how does 865 work in bw please ?  Personally I find this one
> > >> extremely compelling.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> steve
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> On May 28, 2016, at 4:11 AM, Philippe
> > >>> <photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> Two variables at the same time spoil the test Tina I'm afraid.
> > >>> I mean the original WB may have changed between two differently
> shots.
> > >>>
> > >>> Nice views in any case
> > >>>
> > >>> Amities
> > >>>
> > >>> Le 27 mai 2016 à 22:22, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> a écrit :
> > >>>
> > >>>> PESO:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Here is an example of the color balance difference I was talking
> > >>>> about
> > >> in
> > >>>> PS and LR.  This one is much warmer and was balanced (Auto) in LR:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>
> > http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000YmlbTddL96g
> > /I0000VLhbE3XKhy4
> > >>>>
> > >>>> This one is colder and was balanced (Auto) in PS:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>
> > http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000YmlbTddL96g
> > /I0000EjVLusvOrsM
> > >>>>
> > >>>> The warmer one is closer to what I remember but the other one
> > >>>> looks natural, too, to me, as long as it is not next to the first
> one!!
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Do you have a preference?
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Tina
> > >>>>
>
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