Filter question

[xaflatoonx]

Getting a macro lens for my nikon - the Tokina 100
its a 55mm lens.

my question is - what kind of filter do need to do some pictures (something to replace gel filters) that would neutralize the blues of our LEDs.

here is one kit.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MY0LSI2/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A2ZU0FA7EO7VI

or do i need colors?
https://www.amazon.com/Concept-Grad...4317901&sr=8-2&keywords=55mm+filter+kit+color

can someone please advise.

 

[xaflatoonx]

@d2mini - thoughts sir?

 

[d2mini]

I personally haven't used gels. But here's a good video...

The downside is you've got a nice lens but are now shooting through cheap plastic.
And you lose light, so you'll have to slow down your shutterspeed, or open up your aperture more, or raise your ISO, or a combination.

What I do.... Set your nikon to 10,000k which I believe is as high as you can go, then you can adjust wb further in lightroom, if you shoot in raw format.
http://www.everydayreef.com/blog/2016/12/16/photo-tip-3-using-adobe-lightroom
It also helps greatly if you can tweak your light's spectrum before shooting. Make it more white... like 12k-14k.

 

[xaflatoonx]

Thanks Dennis -

will play with that.

Got a kessil with a controller so i should be able to do just that.