[Leica] Color Balance

[Jim Nichols]

Tina, for what it's worth, in this case, the warmer color looks more 
natural to my eyes, but YOU are the only one of this group who actually 
knows what it looks like in real life.

If I am working on a group of photos that contain a large portion of 
sky, I frequently adjust the color temperature to give me a blue that 
looks natural, and then use that setting for the entire set of images.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 5/28/2016 10:25 AM, Tina Manley wrote:
> 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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