Tomb of the Earthlich

[RobA]

I think... my overhead desk light which is one of those newer ones that have a flourescent bulb that hints a blue (supposed to be better for the eyes and brighter than standard bulbs... you know the ones ...)

If you intend to use a camera as a copy stand, make use of the custom WB setting in the camera. Set it against a blank sheet of paper. Should be good to go! (oh yeah, and don't use the flash, light from both sides...)

-Rob A>

[pyrandon]

Nicely done--and your poor hatch-drawing hand has both my thanks and my sympathy!

[Badger]

Jaerdaph -- Thank you .. you compliments bring warm feelings to my heart.

Rob -- Great advice. Now for my next act.... This is my first digital camera.. I actually bought it for my wife for xmas, ( i got tired of seeing roll after roll of undeveloped film building up in the top drawer of the dresser!) I've scanned the user manual... and I'm pretty dumb about this d.camera but I did find that WB is White Balance ... and AWB is auto ... so, i've figured out how to get into the manual adjust to set it ... and I'm to set it while pointing it at a blank sheet of paper ? .. yes... hopefully I can get this down so that I can get another snapshot ... please bare with my digital cam ignorance

Don -- My hands are grateful for your thanks and your sympathy... and so am I we do what we must in the name of great mapping, right?

[Midgardsormr]

That's correct. You shot your images under an incandescent light, yes? Incandescents throw a yellow light; the camera assumes that the light is white, so everything you shoot under that light gets a blue cast to it. By telling the camera that the object you're pointing it at is white, it adjusts for the color temperature of the light.

You can do the same thing in the photo software, but it's simpler to do it in the camera, usually. If you're shooting in RAW mode, though, it doesn't matter--RAW doesn't store any of the in-camera processing. In that case, you'll have to do the white balance in the software.

[Badger]

Bryan ... you are a genius when it comes to ... all that stuff.. lol... ty vm for the info ... have some rep

[Badger]

Would you suggest RAW ? ... it seems to be easier cause I just hit the auto or flourescent setting and it cleans it up real nice... then numbers my and saves the photos as .psd files

[Badger]

here is some quick shots I did to see if I got it right