weird color to photo

[jason_mahaffey]

<p>please forgive me if this has been asked before, <br /> I have noticed a off color to pictures taken with my D90 and indoors and having a hard time to explain what is seen on the pictures.<br /><img src="http://a02-b02.mypicturetown.com/P2PwebCmdController/pictureBank/share.html?wicket:interface=neosPhotos:0:albumViewPanel:rows:180:thumbnail:viewLink::ILinkListener::&commId=C33AA979DE57F64D39E6F2457DE0C95B&screenWidth=1280&screenHeight=1024" alt="" /><br /> compared to this<br /><img src="http://a02-b02.mypicturetown.com/P2PwebCmdController/pictureBank/share.html?wicket:interface=neosPhotos:0:albumViewPanel:rows:181:thumbnail:viewLink::ILinkListener::&commId=C33AA979DE57F64D39E6F2457DE0C95B&screenWidth=1280&screenHeight=1024" alt="" /><br /> shooting in either manual mode or the sports mode.</p>

<p>Camera Info<br /> Device: Nikon D90<br /> Lens: 50mm F/1.8D<br /> Focal Length: 50mm<br /> Focus Mode: AF-A<br /> AF-Area Mode: Dynamic, Wide<br /> VR:<br /> AF Fine Tune:<br>

Exposure Aperture: F/2 Shutter Speed: 1/200s Digital Vari-Program: Sports Exposure Comp.: 0EV Exposure Tuning: Metering: Matrix ISO Sensitivity: Auto (ISO 1600) <br /> Image Settings White Balance: Auto, 0, 0 Color Space: sRGB High ISO NR: ON (Normal) Long Exposure NR: OFF Active D-Lighting: Auto Image Authentication: Vignette Control: <br /> Picture Control Picture Control: [sD] STANDARD Base: Quick Adjust: - Sharpening: Auto Contrast: Active D-Lighting Brightness: Active D-Lighting Saturation: 0 Hue: 0 Filter Effects: Toning: <br /> <br /> this is all the info from the camera I could find. Thanks in advance to any one that posts a comment.</p>

 

[hans_janssen]

<p>No pics.....</p>

[jason_mahaffey]

<p>rats,<br>

<a href="http://www.photo.net/photo/8617527">http://www.photo.net/photo/8617527</a><br>

<a href="http://www.photo.net/photo/8617522">http://www.photo.net/photo/8617522</a></p>

[brian_bahn]

<p>Were these shots taken with high FPS? If so it may have caught the fluorescent lights between cycles and the Auto WB can't adjust that fast.</p>

[andreas_manessinger]

Most flourescent lights have an incomplete, non-contiguous spectrum. That means not only do the images have a cast (normally greenish), it is also impossible to completely correct. There is not much you can do about it but shooting RAW and trying to approximate. Or shoot JPEG with a fluorescent WB preset and live with what you get. None will be completely satisfying.

[seanbreadsell]

<p>hmmmm i must admit i have come cross the EXACT same thing when doing a model shoot with softboxes, i took so many shots that day and there wasn't too many that were way different so i thought nothing of it in the end til i saw this post. I used thesame setup you have there.</p>

[josephbraun]

<p>You could lower your shutter speed but obviously that wouldn't catch the action you want.</p>

[ramon_v__california_]

<p>it will be hard to shoot with auto WB in gym lighting. most often fluorescent setting won't cut it either. since you can't use flash obviously for you to use gels, why don't you try colored lens filters. 52mm lens filters are cheap now.</p>

[brian_bahn]

<p>This gives me an opportunity to show two shots I took just messing around but are a great example of high FPS and fluorescent lighting. These were some of the very first shots I took with my D300. Went to our friend's daughter's swim meet and before the meet started she came up into the bleachers. I had the 85 1.8 on and couldn't get any farther away to take a quick shot of her so I'm pretty close. Well not being use to 6fps it took two lightening fast shots before I took my finger off.<br />When looking at them afterward I was amazed at the color difference of the lights in the background.<br>

Here is the first shot.</p>

[brian_bahn]

<p>OK. Here is the first shot</p><div></div>

[brian_bahn]

<p>Here is the 2nd.</p><div></div>

[arthuryeo]

<p>This is the effect of sodium light. You can either:</p>

<ol>

<li>fix it in software or</li>

<li>do a custom WB when you are there next time</li>

</ol>

 

[lex_jenkins]

<p>Most school gyms use metal halide lighting, not fluorescent. Smaller places like martial arts studios may be using fluorescent lighting, especially if it's located in a strip mall or business park. Either way, it's a real challenge to WB. Plan on doing a lot of color correction whenever shooting in those places.</p>

[jason_mahaffey]

<p>thank you to every one that helped explain this issue. <br>

jason</p>