{"id":32514,"date":"2016-04-02T03:35:53","date_gmt":"2016-04-02T07:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=32514"},"modified":"2016-04-02T00:37:59","modified_gmt":"2016-04-02T04:37:59","slug":"triangular-simplicity-amazing-revelation-made-out-of-ignorance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2016\/04\/02\/triangular-simplicity-amazing-revelation-made-out-of-ignorance\/","title":{"rendered":"Triangular Simplicity&#8230;  Amazing Revelation Made Out of Ignorance?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>What&#8217;s Up?<\/h3>\n<p>On my post-op visit I was told, &#8220;You are well ahead of the curve.&#8221;  I am feeling good and having fun and enjoyed a short session at La Jolla with Patrick Sparkman. At 8:30 he headed for work and I headed for the UCSD Medical Center for my appointment. <\/p>\n<p>I snagged more than a few folks and all but one unhappy camper took the April Fool&#8217;s blog post as a good joke. I did answer every response personally. Till next year \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n<p><center><noscript><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/servedby.flashtalking.com\/click\/8\/55973;1705289;0;209;0\/?ft_width=728&#038;ft_height=90&#038;url=9277912\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/servedby.flashtalking.com\/imp\/8\/55973;1705289;205;gif;BirdsAsArt;728x90\/?\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/noscript><br \/>\n<script language=\"Javascript1.1\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\nvar ftClick = \"\";\nvar ftExpTrack_1705289 = \"\";\nvar ftX = \"\";\nvar ftY = \"\";\nvar ftZ = \"\";\nvar ftOBA = 1;\nvar ftContent = \"\";\nvar ftCustom = \"\";\nvar ft728x90_OOBclickTrack = \"\";\nvar ftRandom = Math.random()*1000000;\nvar ftBuildTag1 = \"<scr\";\nvar ftBuildTag2 = \"<\/\";\nvar ftClick_1705289 = ftClick;\nif(typeof(ft_referrer)==\"undefined\"){var ft_referrer=(function(){var r=\"\";if(window==top){r=window.location.href;}else{try{r=window.parent.location.href;}catch(e){}r=(r)?r:document.referrer;}while(encodeURIComponent(r).length>1000){r=r.substring(0,r.length-1);}return r;}());}\nvar ftDomain = (window==top)?\"\":(function(){var d=document.referrer,h=(d)?d.match(\"(?::q\/q\/)+([qw-]+(q.[qw-]+)+)(q\/)?\".replace(\/q\/g,decodeURIComponent(\"%\"+\"5C\")))[1]:\"\";return (h&&h!=location.host)?\"&ft_ifb=1&ft_domain=\"+encodeURIComponent(h):\"\";}());\nvar ftTag = ftBuildTag1 + 'ipt language=\"javascript1.1\" type=\"text\/javascript\" ';\nftTag += 'src=\"http:\/\/servedby.flashtalking.com\/imp\/8\/55973;1705289;201;js;BirdsAsArt;728x90\/?ftx='+ftX+'&fty='+ftY+'&ftadz='+ftZ+'&ftscw='+ftContent+'&ft_custom='+ftCustom+'&ftOBA='+ftOBA+ftDomain+'&ft_referrer='+encodeURIComponent(ft_referrer)+'&cachebuster='+ftRandom+'\" id=\"ftscript_728x90\" name=\"ftscript_728x90\"';\nftTag += '>' + ftBuildTag2 + 'script>';\ndocument.write(ftTag);\n<\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<h3>The Streak<\/h3>\n<p>Today\u2019s blog post marks 148 days in a row with a new educational blog post. Assuming that I will be making the trip to Namibia on April 11, this streak will come to an end soon. As always&#8211;and folks have been doing a really great job recently&#8211;please remember to use our B&#038;H links for your major gear purchases. For best results use one of our many product-specific links; after clicking on one of those you can continue shopping with all subsequent purchases invisibly tracked to BAA. Your doing so is always greatly appreciated. Please remember: web orders only. Please remember that if you are shopping for items that we carry in the BAA Online Store (as noted in red at the close of this post below) we would appreciate your business.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-content\/gallery\/general\/red-crowned-crane-footprints-in-snow-_r7a2726-hokkaido-japan.jpg\" class='shutterset'><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-content\/gallery\/general\/red-crowned-crane-footprints-in-snow-_r7a2726-hokkaido-japan.jpg\" alt=\"red-crowned-crane-footprints-in-snow-_r7a2726-hokkaido-japan\" title=\"red-crowned-crane-footprints-in-snow-_r7a2726-hokkaido-japan\" width=800 \/><\/a>  <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>This image was created at Hokkaido, Japan on the last Japan in Winter IPT with the hand held <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/1092632-REG\/canon_9524b002_ef_100_400mm_f_4_5_5_6l_is.html\/BI\/6633\/KBID\/7226\/kw\/CA1004002LIS\/DFF\/d10-v2-t1-xCA1004002LIS\" target=\"_blank\">Canon EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens<\/a> (at 142mm) and the amazing mega mega-pixel <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/1119027-REG\/canon_0582c002_eos_5ds_r_dslr.html\/BI\/6633\/KBID\/7226\/kw\/CAE5DSR\/DFF\/d10-v2-t1-xCAE5DSR\" target=\"_blank\">Canon EOS 5DS R.<\/a> ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 stop: 1\/200 sec. at f\/16 in late afternoon light.   <\/p>\n<p>Center AF point\/AI Servo Expand\/Rear Focus AF on the center of the closest footprint and re-compose. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2013\/10\/31\/if-this-doesnt-get-the-point-across-nothing-will\/\">here<\/a> to see the latest version of the Rear Focus Tutorial.  Click on the image to see a larger version.  <\/p>\n<h2><strong>Red-crowned Crane footprints in snow  <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"468\" scrolling=\"no\" height=\"60\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/mer54715.datafeedfile.com\/widget\/aff_widget_prdt_generate-2.0.php?aff_num=7226&#038;aff_net=1&#038;size=468x60&#038;mode=m&#038;bucket_num=7761&#038;link_target=y&#038;sid=\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iFrame.<\/p>\n<p><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Triangular Simplicity&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>Please feel free to share your thoughts on today&#8217;s featured image. Does it bring anything to mind?  How does it make you feel? <\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-content\/gallery\/general\/dpp-4-wb-scrn-capt.jpg\" class='shutterset'><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-content\/gallery\/general\/dpp-4-wb-scrn-capt.jpg\" alt=\"dpp-4-wb-scrn-capt\" title=\"dpp-4-wb-scrn-capt\" width=800 \/><\/a>  <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h2><strong>A DPP 4 Screen Capture of today&#8217;s featured image <\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Amazing Revelation Made Out of Ignorance? <\/h3>\n<p>There are lots of ways to get away from too BLUE snow.  Play with the color temperature slider during the RAW conversion. With the 5DS R in DPP 4 there is a great Auto: White Priority WB setting that works well in certain situations.  The same can be said about Click White Balance. I was not happy with either of those last two with today&#8217;s image so I opened the Color Temperature slider. As I moved the color temperature slider I noticed that the peaks for each color on the RGB histogram shifted and that when the snow looked totally neutral, I was amazed to see that the centers of the peaks for all three colors were perfectly aligned. <\/p>\n<p>At this point I realize that some folks might be thinking, big deal, I&#8217;ve known that for years. For me it was a revelation. Perhaps I have just been plain ignorant for the past 14 years of doing digital. Does anyone use this in their workflow when attempting to balance the color? <\/p>\n<p>On second thought: I am not sure that it is even possible to line up the centers of the peaks for each color with all images. And I am not sure that the results would be 100% desirable. But I do know that it worked for this image. Future experimentation and study to follow. Please feel free to share your experiences here. <\/p>\n<p>Note: if an image is too BLUE after the RAW conversion you can always go to Hue Saturation, select the BLUE channel, and decrease the Saturation to taste. <\/p>\n<h3>Please Remember to use our Affiliate Links \ud83d\ude42<\/h3>\n<p>To show your appreciation for my continuing efforts here, we ask, as always, that you get in the habit of using my B&#038;H affiliate links on the right side of the blog for all of your photo and electronics purchases. 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