Christos
I should have said that your "processed" version was too blue. You
started off with a warm image (which looked fine to me :-)) and
cooled it down too much, in my view.
I don't know which software you use to control your scanner, but I
should avoid including any surround white space in your scan as it
affects the automatic colour balance and exposure.
I use Vuescan and I can check the effect of different white balance
settings (none, daylight, neutral, shade etc ...) before scanning.
The built-in settings for different films are very useful as well;
even the "generic" settings are good.
I had a go at using Levels with your image, but it did not help
much. If you use a mix of light types you are bound to have some
effect and it is best, I understand, to get the balance right at the
exposure stage as too much post-processing and you are likely to make
a decent shot worse.
Chris
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C M I Barker
Cambridgeshire, Great Britain.
+44 (0)7092 251126
www.threeshoes.co.uk
homepage.mac.com/zuiko
On 27 Apr 2006, at 02:10, Christos Stavrou wrote:
> version 1 here: http://www.deviantart.com/view/32429381/
> is the original non-processed scan directly coming out from a Canon
> FS7210
> in default settings of its own software and some kind of auto colour
> exposure... (note, no colour profile has been assigned to either
> uploaded
> pic)
> version 2 here: http://www.deviantart.com/view/32429466/
> is just very quickly post-processed for comparison (added filter
> 'deepblue'
> and reduced saturation in yellow & red)
>
> My questions now are:
>
> a) Anyone else who has faced the problem of a dominant blue cast after
> scanning with the above scanner? (especially Fuji film)..And any
> personal
> advice about how to deal with it!?..
>
> b) the studio lights that I'm using here have obviously a yellowish
> colour... seen on right side, left lit by natural light.
> Any advice on how to avoid or counter-balance this?
> (For example, should I use a cooling filter, such as the 80A I
> think it's
> called.. move them further?.. start using polaroids for test?..)
>
> Thanks again
> Christos
>
> PS: by the way, this 'more & more' feeling, that I'm describing
> above, works
> for me only with prawns, apart the zuikos...
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