Lighting and color?

[Rick P]

So two photos of thew same pen, with flash the hardware looks great but the blank is far redder than natural light. Natural light photo the hardware disappears. I tried bouncing a fill flash but had the same false color issue, though not as strongly. I am beginning to think bouncing a full spectrum light, no flash and a tripod are the way to go......thoughts?

 

[Rick P]

Maybe a higher contrasting background?

 

[JimMc7]

Do you have a gray scale (or pure white) card to set white balance? I get more accurate color in a homemade photo "tent" when I set the white balance with a card. To be honest, I get the most accurate color with a dark gray t-shirt as background, under an overhead flourescent light in the garage with my old Canon G3 on "Auto" . Doesn't look professional but the colors are generally accurate.

Agree re the no flash & tripod (plus I use the timer to make sure no camera shake).

 

[Sylvanite]

How's this?


It looks like the flash color temperature (and/or spectrum) is different than your natural light. It would be better to resolve that problem than fix in post-processing, as some of the highlights are blown out with the flash.

Regards,
Eric

 

[Rick P]

Definatly closer Eric.....

Jim, thats how I have done all my pics since my artschool days. This was taken on the back of a chair with my mid layer fleece as a back drop.