TAZZY'S 75G REEF (pic intensive)

[Poseidon]

Please try cloudy, and set the camera to P and -1. That will give me a point to work from. Your manual settings does not look right, and I don't have a place to start.

Can you set a color temp in custom WB? I can on my camera, but I don't know if that is a feature on the S5.

 

[Poseidon]

Your tank is not that color in person is it?

 

[tazzy695]

ok here is one with the cloudy setting it looks green to me

the other pics are closer to what the tank actualy looks more like the tanks acutal looks

the directions for setting wb are as folows place a white piece of paper under the light you are shooting under and hit the set button it will set the params automaticly

 

[Poseidon]

Did you set the EV to -1? If you did go to -2...

 

[Poseidon]

Why manual exposure? Please go to "P" set to -1, I think you are making this to hard.

 

[Poseidon]

Try AWB too... please.

 

[tazzy695]

oops uploaded the wrong one that was
mode P program
and +1 for the exposure
white balance set to cloudy

this one is
mode P
-1
white balance cloudy

i will take a couple later after lights come on with the awb

 

[tazzy695]

ok mike here are the photos in the awb setting

this one is -2 exp

this one is -1 exp

this one is 0 exp

this one is +1 exp

this one is +2 exp

 

[tazzy695]

here is a sample of the super macro feature that snail is only about 1cm long at most and the lense is literaly touching the glass it is on

 

[Poseidon]

Do you have a ton of green cyano on the rocks? I have not seen a camera have such a hard time with color as what you are having. How do pictures that are not tank pictures look? Is the color good in those?

As for the pictures you posted the on at -1 looks best to me, for exposure anyway. Does the S5 have an option for a color temp white balance?

 

[tazzy695]

color temp white balance i dont think it has that the pic that looks closest to actual is this one

and that one is custom wb with 0 exposure comp

 

[Poseidon]

The highlights are blown in that last one, and it still has a LOT of green in it. Try it with that WB at -1, it will at least get the highlights back. As for the color, I think you need to keep working on that WB... OR add more blue to the tank! ;)

 

[tazzy695]

ok working on adding more blue with the lighting and corals

i know some of the green you see is actualy green coraline i am still working on killing that demon bryopsys finaly got the mg up to where it is said to be toxic to it so fingers crossed i will start seeing it die off here very soon

i will post another pic with the custom and -1 setting for your review thanx for all your help mike

 

[Poseidon]

No problem Marc, it takes a lot of trial and error to get it right, and once you learn what works and what doesn't, it gets easier to do it at the next tank. Practice makes perfect, and with digital, it is a LOT cheaper to learn then it was when I was learning with 35mm film and a notebook. ;)

 

[tazzy695]

lol i hear ya since didgital you can just deleate and dont have all the costs of developing