how to take pics of corals properly

[indecloudzua]

so,
ive been wondering what people to do to try and take more accurate pics of their corals??i dont have an expensive camera at all so all my pics seems to come out with a super blueish tint to them..tried messing around with settings on the camera to no avail so thought id ask yall what yall do when taking pics?

 

[dylpik27]

Great thread idea. Tagging along.

 

[ringo®]

Are you using leds?

 

[brandonmason]

adjust white balance

 

[indecloudzua]

I am using LED's..i have the Kessil A150 15000k and a panorama pro magenta/blue strip..ill see if i have a white balance option

 

[ralph atl]

snapseed ap

 

[ringo®]

If your taking pics with your phone. ...its probably pretty limited in white balance. LEDs are a PITA to take a true color photo with. Might be easier to do post photo processing.

 

[indecloudzua]

ill try snapsneed on my phone..ive got an old sony digi cam..tried it but seems like my phone does better..if all else fails i can borrow my gf dad's canon eos 6d..id hope that would be able to do it..

Ringo, do you know of any programs other than photoshop that might be able to do this?preferably free??all my spare funds go to my tank ;0)

 

[jimmystephens]

+1 snapseed. Great app

 

[indecloudzua]

Just downloaded but the lights just turned off!!ill have to try it out tomorrow..glad it was free too

 

[ringo®]

Any photo editor should have white balance adjustments.

This is probably overkill, but free and quite versatile.

http://www.gimp.org/">http://www.gimp.org/</a>

Edit: Snapseed is awesome.....im pretty sure that's what tater is using in his coral pics.

 

[jimmystephens]

U can use a picture u already have and play with it using snapseed

 

[indecloudzua]

good point jimmy..wouldnt have thought of if you hadnt said anything..lol

 

[ralph atl]

lol