The skin tone is not flattering together with the yellow cast. With such a young girl the skin tone must be excellent, and I guess you cannot do much in post as the backlights are already pretty blue.
I went away from Sony after the A700 because the skin tones were difficult to get right. Is this still a Sony issue?
Photo taken at 8:50 AM, October 20, 2015, near the Dark Hollow Falls parking lot alongside Skyline Drive, Shenandoah NP, Virginia. Image taken with my tripod mounted A7r and my Minolta CLE MC 40mm f2 M-Rokkor lens, ISO 400, lens set to probably f8 for 1/50 second. Processed in LR6.
Beautiful photos everyone! I have needed some "external" motivation to help re-kindle my interest in photography (I know, I know ... the motivation should come from inside, but ...), and this awesome series of photos is providing that. Thanks and congratulations to all for your exceptional work.
BokehBeauty wrote:
The skin tone is not flattering together with the yellow cast. With such a young girl the skin tone must be excellent, and I guess you cannot do much in post as the backlights are already pretty blue.
I went away from Sony after the A700 because the skin tones were difficult to get right. Is this still a Sony issue?
It's an issue with all cameras and varied lighting, obviously. Lenses also factor in as the CV 35/1.2 indoors makes a unique color palette.
That said, let's see if you like one these any better: skin1 by unoh7, on Flickr
What cracks me up about your comment: Skin tones vary wildly in the real world with light. Candlelight vs daylight vs what ever. And how each of us see those color also varies. Your comment is totally subjective: which is fine, but let's not pretend it's anything else. Others may agree the original skin tones are "not flattering". Or not. Measuring color scientifically is something we can do with instruments only.
In a day when BW is the rage, the WB and skin tone obsession cracks me up, as if reality is a bar. We do not even see the same realities with our eyes.
For me it's a snapshot I like and the oringal is fine. For the cover of vogue, I'd spend hours on just the face, I guess. More to the point, I would have shot it with the 75 lux which is more mainstream with color than the CV 35/1.2
I work with Canon, Nikon, Sony and Leica RAWS, they can all be funky with WB and they can all be pretty nice, though in general the Leica files more often need less work, to my taste.
Your reply sounds as if I had offended you. Sorry, by far not my intend! I like the photo very much, I just spotted right away what made me unhappy on my Sony A700.
The pictures in your reply are different, but except for the last one not OK to me taking into account a young girl as subject. They have a yellow, green, red color shift. I don't think it is a subject of WB only. I also miss smooth skin tone transition from the high light areas.
BokehBeauty wrote:
Your reply sounds as if I had offended you. Sorry, by far not my intend! I like the photo very much, I just spotted right away what made me unhappy on my Sony A700.
The pictures in your reply are different, but except for the last one not OK to me taking into account a young girl as subject. They have a yellow, green, red color shift. I don't think it is a subject of WB only. I also miss smooth skin tone transition from the high light areas.
I misinterpreted your tone, sorry.
No offense taken, and the last one does seem most natural with her skin, though overall I might prefer one of the others. Good practice for me
Continuing down the trail to The Subway in Zion (past Archangel Cascades and The Crack) is the first look of the Subway itself. Here a camera just does not capture the grander of this place. But here's a try with A7r 24-70 FE followed by Leica WATE.
Dave
