Hi all , some might recall I mentioned in my Tomahawk thread that I had made a light box for taking pics of my smaller models. Well I was quite chuffed with how it turned out and it seemed to give good pics . It has 2 small fluorescent striplights on the top (front and back) and a couple of bulb holders with clamps at the front sides. These had in them energy saving bulbs , but I thought I would get some Daylight bulbs for a more natural light , then the problems started. I took some pics of some old builds , the Airfix Short Skyvan and DH Heron , and they were terrible (the pics not the builds!!). The photos were very yellow except for a few that I took with a dark background , which looked normal. This started me thinking maybe the camera (Nikon coolpix L310) was auto adjusting to the now very bright conditions of the all white box and base and mucking up the colours. I was just about to post a plea for help this morning when my son came round , and after asking if he knew what was happening , he showed me the White Balance settings .So here we are several tries later , and a bit wiser (only a bit though!) I know a lot of members here are really into photography - Ive seen some of the discussions and they might as well be talking in Klingon - its way over my head , but i felt proud I had learnt a little something . The upshot of all this waffle is that Ive discovered that the Fluorescent setting in the White Balance menu gives the most natural looking photo under the conditions of my cobbled together box. No doubt I'll be posting some daft questions when I start to find other settings on the camera . The moral of this tale though , is if you dont know what youre doing , ASK - no man is an island , and someone will always help if they can. Anyway for anyone still awake after reading this text , heres some pics of the trial and error process, cheers tony
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