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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
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Can the design of a stone affect the colour as a camera sees it?
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<blockquote data-quote="Lefty" data-source="post: 429770" data-attributes="member: 2976"><p>That was the frustrating thing with that one SC - both stones were photographed under the same lighting conditions and warm light did not make the stone colour seem richer to the eye than it actually is.......warm light was <em>necessary</em> for the camera to be able to see the rich yellow-amber colour that the stone <em>actually</em> is to the naked eye when viewed in pretty much any kind of light :/ </p><p></p><p>But that light created a yellowish tint to the background which gives the impression that the stone is not actually that colour (when it is to the eye), and that I have fiddled with the lighting or filters or something in order to give a misleading impression as to the natural colour.</p><p></p><p>By contrast, the other stone has a lighting background that looks "natural" - but which makes the same yellow-amber colour of the second stone appear ginger beer coloured in the photo.</p><p></p><p>But because the background tint looks "more natural", it would be natural for anyone viewing only the photograph to assume that the stone is ginger beer coloured when it is not that colour at all when viewed with the eye.</p><p></p><p>It felt like the camera was conspiring to bear false witness against me <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /> </p><p></p><p>No problems at all with the garnet - the colour in the photos is very consistent with what the eye sees. The camera just seemed happy to accurately represent that rich rose red colour, unlike the previous stone.</p><p></p><p>As Gizmo, Wally and Dihusky have pointed out, I probably just need to practice getting the white balance correct - we <strong>must</strong> accurately represent our stones in the photos as best as possible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lefty, post: 429770, member: 2976"] That was the frustrating thing with that one SC - both stones were photographed under the same lighting conditions and warm light did not make the stone colour seem richer to the eye than it actually is.......warm light was [i]necessary[/i] for the camera to be able to see the rich yellow-amber colour that the stone [i]actually[/i] is to the naked eye when viewed in pretty much any kind of light :/ But that light created a yellowish tint to the background which gives the impression that the stone is not actually that colour (when it is to the eye), and that I have fiddled with the lighting or filters or something in order to give a misleading impression as to the natural colour. By contrast, the other stone has a lighting background that looks "natural" - but which makes the same yellow-amber colour of the second stone appear ginger beer coloured in the photo. But because the background tint looks "more natural", it would be natural for anyone viewing only the photograph to assume that the stone is ginger beer coloured when it is not that colour at all when viewed with the eye. It felt like the camera was conspiring to bear false witness against me :o No problems at all with the garnet - the colour in the photos is very consistent with what the eye sees. The camera just seemed happy to accurately represent that rich rose red colour, unlike the previous stone. As Gizmo, Wally and Dihusky have pointed out, I probably just need to practice getting the white balance correct - we [b]must[/b] accurately represent our stones in the photos as best as possible. [/QUOTE]
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