Thanks, Jason & Bryan! Just for reference, the color temperature was fairly consistent in this room as I panned around with my color checker x-rite chart. In Lightroom, most pictures corrected in the range of 5050 to 5300 degrees kelvin with +8 on the tint (green to purple). What this means is that, for the most part, I overpowered the overhead florescent lights with my flash to give the pictures more of a daylight balanced look. As a result, the colors tend to look more like what you would see outdoors on a bright, sunny day.
Craig, be glad to shoot something like this at a future event, preferably off to the side of the room during a break. Here is the secret to getting great golden glow tube pics:
1) Put the camera on a tripod 2) Turn off the flash 3) Stop the camera down to f22 and use a very slow shutter speed (1/5th second or more). 4) Set ISO to 100 and color temperature to 2500 degrees kelvin
This will give you that nice golden & blue glow with a fading dark background.
I as dinking around with the nikon D60 when I took this one . I dont recall the settings , but I do remember it was at night with the lights off and using a tripod .
I as dinking around with the nikon D60 when I took this one . I dont recall the settings , but I do remember it was at night with the lights off and using a tripod .
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1) Put the camera on a tripod
2) Turn off the flash
3) Stop the camera down to f22 and use a very slow shutter speed (1/5th second or more).
4) Set ISO to 100 and color temperature to 2500 degrees kelvin
This will give you that nice golden & blue glow with a fading dark background.