filoplume Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 HI I took this picture of a trout fly in my vice that I tied and it is supposed to be mostly gray. From the research I did, I think it was because I had auto-white balance set on my camera and also my fly tying lamp has a natural tint LED bulb. The background I used is a natural gray muskrat pelt and it is gray for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 2 hours ago, filoplume said: a natural gray muskrat pelt and it is gray for sure I'd rather expect the metal tool be "natural gray", – no? If a White Balance adjustment doesn't work quick & easy then switch to a Colour Balance adjustment, which lets you adjust highlights / mids / shadows separately + gives you more colour options. Also a Vibrance adjustment might work, in particular if you want to reduce the orange tint only, e.g. just by reducing vibrance -100? Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisbon Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Hi @filoplume Is this any close? I used Color Efex from the old Nik Collection (Free). I dont know how accurate it is, but its definitely fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filoplume Posted August 22, 2022 Author Share Posted August 22, 2022 1 hour ago, thomaso said: I'd rather expect the metal tool be "natural gray", – no? If a White Balance adjustment doesn't work quick & easy then switch to a Colour Balance adjustment, which lets you adjust highlights / mids / shadows separately + gives you more colour options. Also a Vibrance adjustment might work, in particular if you want to reduce the orange tint only, e.g. just by reducing vibrance -100? Yes thomaso. In real life, the vice is steel gray like what the filter Lisbon used shows. I have some Ohotograhy-RAW stuff but not any NIK adjustments. The colors look a lot closer to what the fly and background actually looks like but the vice color is right on! White Balance adjustment isn't quite doing it so far. Probably because I am not doing it correctly or finding the correct blend mode. I will continue with your other adjustments now! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filoplume Posted August 22, 2022 Author Share Posted August 22, 2022 Hi! I applied some Vibrance adjustments and it is much better! I couldn't get Color Balance to make it look closer. 50DegreesCatskillFlyPatternVibranceAdj1.afphoto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filoplume Posted August 22, 2022 Author Share Posted August 22, 2022 The "hackle" (the up and down feathers around the upright wing is actually a little tan, along with the wing, in real life. And the body is more gray but this adjustment looks good! Now I know what to do if I leave auto-white balance on in a camera. I am going to keep on trying adjustments. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 It's a pity that Affinity often seems to need several adjustments for such a colour correction. Here I tried to achieve Lisbon's result with Affinity only, Colour Balance only, with -8 | 0 | +8 for all three tonal ranges: Lisbon 1 Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filoplume Posted August 23, 2022 Author Share Posted August 23, 2022 17 hours ago, thomaso said: It's a pity that Affinity often seems to need several adjustments for such a colour correction. Here I tried to achieve Lisbon's result with Affinity only, Colour Balance only, with -8 | 0 | +8 for all three tonal ranges: That colors are just about exact now! Good going! I learned a bunch from you all. Certainly will come in handy as I doubt I will get the white balance setting correctly all the time when taking photographs. Thanks again! thomaso 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, filoplume said: ... I doubt I will get the white balance setting correctly all the time when taking photographs. If you do a lot of this sort of photography, maybe invest in an off-camera Flash to handle the lighting. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filoplume Posted August 23, 2022 Author Share Posted August 23, 2022 Thanks OB. I do have a flash attachment for the older Panasonic Lumix that I use. Maybe change the bulb on the fly tying lamp to a regular bulb would help too, instead of the natural light one I use for tying flies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filoplume Posted August 23, 2022 Author Share Posted August 23, 2022 41 minutes ago, filoplume said: Thanks OB. I do have a flash attachment for the older Panasonic Lumix that I use. Maybe change the bulb on the fly tying lamp to a regular bulb would help too, instead of the natural light one I use for tying flies. I also set the camera to take RAW pics too in addition to jpgs. There is a good tutorial on the Affinity website about RAW images and I also have some Udemy classes from SImon Foster and others. Affinity Revolution is good too and so is Peter Dam's website. And this Affinity forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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