Me2

[molucca]

Trying Mezzoforce Metaleraser.

Rich

[raynerj1]

Hi Rich...

Pretty cool...

I think you erased to much on the back fender... it is totally gone...

[molucca]

John,

That was rusted.

Rich

[molucca]

Poeny.

Rich

[raynerj1]

Both of those are interesting Rich. I am just having the first flowers starting to bloom. Maybe in a day or two I might have a good flower shot.

[molucca]

John,

I noticied was shoooting dark. The EV was set incorrectly. I was trying to shoot the only butterfly I have seen.

Rich

[raynerj1]

Rich do you white balance before you shoot in manual or do you use the preset settings? I have found that the preset settings do not work too well. If I want the color to be close to correct I have to set the white balance manually.

Pretty neat rings or things there Rich...

[molucca]

I usually shoot in Program mode with a slightly lower EV.

A couple more ME2 enhancements. Just trying nto get a feel for how the plugin works.

Rich

[raynerj1]

Neat effects on both pictures Rich.

You should try putting it in manual. You have much more control over the shot that way. but if you do, I would suggest a manual white balance. With mine it works very good using an 18% grey card to set the white balance. Typically, digital camera are set for an 18% grey as white.

You can either buy a card, or you can just print a page with a rectangle set to 18% black using CMYK. Don't use a RBG 18% black... that will come out too brown and throw off the balance.

When I made mine, I put a black cross hair in the center of the square. Focus in on that, then set my white balance and I have very nice colors in my portraits, even when using incandecent or flourescent lighting.

When the balance is set right, you can even use a different temperture lights to change the tone of a picture. For instance, My studio lights are 5200K flourescents, and I use a regular flourescent as a hair light. This creates a nice golden/redish highlight in the subjects hair depending on their hair color.

[molucca]

Thanks John,

I'll see what runs in 4. Metal and Ice.

Rich