I know CTO's can be used for evening/morning color balance on fill flash, but is there a flash filter for overcast days?
Tony-S Cream of the Crop  9,911 posts Likes: 209 Joined Jan 2006 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado, USA More info | Jun 01, 2011 17:54 | #1 I know CTO's can be used for evening/morning color balance on fill flash, but is there a flash filter for overcast days? "Raw" is not an acronym, abbreviation, nor a proper noun; thus, it should not be in capital letters.
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Snydremark my very own Lightrules moment More info | Jun 01, 2011 17:59 | #2 You may not need any in that case. I suspect leaving WB set to Cloudy or Flash would work just fine. - Eric S.: My Birds/Wildlife
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g10005 Mostly Lurking 10 posts Joined Oct 2008 More info | Jun 01, 2011 18:48 | #3 I don't think very many people do this but you can use CTB (Color Change Blue) to raise the color temperature of your flash to match the bluish cast from the diffused overcast light. You would then set your white balance to cloudy. People tend to prefer the warmer skin tones of the uncolored corrected light after applying the cloudy color correction from your camera. Canon 7D, Canon 15-85mm, Canon 24-105mm, Canon 70-200 F4 IS, Canon 18-200, Sigma 30mm F1.4 Sigma 80-400
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Snydremark my very own Lightrules moment More info | Jun 01, 2011 18:59 | #4 Hmm...I really need to get off my ass and get a gel kit to play around with... - Eric S.: My Birds/Wildlife
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Tony-S THREAD STARTER Cream of the Crop 9,911 posts Likes: 209 Joined Jan 2006 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado, USA More info | Jun 01, 2011 21:20 | #5 I was thinking CTB. I guess I should just give it a go and see how it does. "Raw" is not an acronym, abbreviation, nor a proper noun; thus, it should not be in capital letters.
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Jun 02, 2011 08:45 | #7 Unless you are shooting in a tornado you don't need to color correct your flash. It is about 5600 K and daylight on a cloudless day is about 5600 K. Shoot in Raw, shoot a gray card first and you will have no problems. Listen to internet "experts" that say you can shoot in Jpeg on auto white balance and get good results and you will find quickly they are not experts at anything.
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TMRDesign Cream of the Crop  23,883 posts Likes: 12 Joined Feb 2006 Location: Huntington Station, NY More info | Jun 02, 2011 08:49 | #8 Benji wrote in post #12521750  Listen to internet "experts" that say you can shoot in Jpeg on auto white balance and get good results and you will find quickly they are not experts at anything. Truer words have never been spoken. Robert
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Jun 02, 2011 09:23 | #9 Thanks, and yet these guys still believe them. My favorite is "overpowering the sun with a 580EX is easy, just use HSS and the portrait will be beautiful." The truth is it will be a flat lit snapshot with a dark background.
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abbadon31 Goldmember  More info | Jun 02, 2011 09:36 | #10 Stop you guys are killing me. I AM SHOM
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