No its not. just like if you hold the dabber over your greycard in LR it'll show a balance of RGB, so it will once you find a neutral area of the pic. If the values aren't balanced then it isn't neutral so you look for another pixel. LR displays the balance as you use the dabber.
yes. The only difference with you using the card is the area is bigger.
ummmmm fuck, you're right mate. Fuck knows how LR does it then but it works.I still don't see how this works, if you put the dabber on a pixel that is already equal RGB, it technically should not change the image's WB at all.
Anyway, I'm obviously not getting it.. maybe lack of sleep and not enough coffee.. haha
Grey cards = gay cards
gerrin!
This is possibly the dullest thread in the history of the Internet. It actually makes spug look interesting
It's not subjective at all... it can be creative but not subjective.
W/B should be right or an image will look odd... however you can be a little creative at times and make an image warmer or cooler for artistic purposes, much like adding a warming or cooling filter in PS, or gelling a flash.
Again though if you get it wrong it'll look shit. So no I don't agree it's subjective at all.
. Since we all view the final result with our subjective eyes (and may or may not be able to compare that subjectively with the scene itself) it is very much in the eye of the beholder. The lighting conditions of both the scene, and the viewing conditions of the final result (on a computer screen, on paper, projected...) and the light under which that is viewed, are all variable. As is our perception of each (my eyes haven't been calibrated for colour against yours or anyone elses, either). So how do you define a 'correct' or 'neutral' result in terms of colour balance? Even if you're not attempting to be creative with the balance, it still comes down to interpretation. Similarly, do you change a scene with artificial light, for instance, to make it look like daylight (and if so, what kind of daylight)? And does that make it correct? Arguably, it makes it incorrect.
Have to say this discussion is doing nothing to get me interested in digital photography at all.
All colour balance (and exposure for that matter) is subjective anyway, there is no 'correct' answer to any of it. Bear that in mind and none of this actually matters.
I love TGS (in a purely photographic way of course!)Have to say this discussion is doing nothing to get me interested in digital photography at all.
All colour balance (and exposure for that matter) is subjective anyway, there is no 'correct' answer to any of it. Bear that in mind and none of this actually matters.
