camera help!

[peppered...leopard]

Hello, well I just bought a nice Canon camera, mainly to be used to photograph my leos I have a nice bright white lightbox to shoot them in for background.....however, my first round of pics has come out with a serious yellow tint to the background, and my juvenile sunglows don't look that orange :main_no: Anyone had camera trouble like this before and possibly know of a solution!

 

[Sturt]

Hey, I'm not a camera expert but on my camera there are different settings which compensate for tints and stuff in pictures. There are different settings for snow, night, indoor, and outdoor etc. If you have it you could try adjusting that to find the one that gives the best colour. Failing that, it may be possible to edit them in photoshop to remove the tint but someone who knows more about cameras may be able to help further.

 

[calin]

Did you use a flash in those pics? It doesn't look like you did. Try using the flash and see if you get the same results. If you do, then the white balance on the camera needs to be adjusted. Most cameras have an adjustment for that

 

[Sturt]

This is the best I could get out of photoshop:

 

[peppered...leopard]

whoa, that's wild Stuart! I guess I will try to adjust a couple of things....I use a lightbox that is super bright and white, so getting pics like that is pretty frustrating! I'll make the suggested adjustments and then re-shoot some leos tonight, if the pics come out nice (my old camera worked fine and was only 7 m.p., my new one is 10 mp and like 14x zoom) I'll be posting them under the Show Off Your Leos section later this evening.

 

[Bodon]

im not an expert either but when i find my pictures have that yellow tint to them it means they need flash or more lighting.

 

[gothra]

Try to adjust the white balance~

 

[Mel&Keith]

If you use your flash try setting the white balance to the flash compensation (it looks like a lightning bolt arrow). If you're using regular, incandescent lighting set it to the Tungsten compensation (it looks like an upside down light bulb) to correct the orange cast. Play around with the different white balance settings and you'll get it right! If you're still not happy with the color get out the instructions and learn how to set the custom white balance for a better setting.

 

[peppered...leopard]

THanks for all of your advise, the pictures are comming out great now, I have updated my site with all of the new ones!!