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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 792248, member: 19065&quot;]BNB: Nothing beats natural light but you will still need to consider the color and intensity of day light, the lack of it on some days and how to handle it in many situations. You have already discovered that light is warm (orange-y) and other light appears more cool (blue-ish). Daylight changes rapidly in temperature and you will also find that the position of the sun in the sky will have its own effects. You must learn to set your white balance accordingly for natural light or incandescent or fluorescent lamps. An indispensable tool you should acquire and learn to use is a <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/529527-REG/Digital_Image_Flow_DGK_2_Digital_Grey_Kard_.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/529527-REG/Digital_Image_Flow_DGK_2_Digital_Grey_Kard_.html" rel="nofollow">gray card</a>. They are cheap and easy to use in helping you set the white balance.</p><p><br /></p><p>Consider illumination by compact fluorescent bulbs that are rated &#039;high-output daylight balanced&#039;. The daylight color helps to eliminate the need for color correction later. For your macro studio / copy stand set-up, shoot at night and turn off all other light sources or shoot away from natural light so as not to mix up the colors of light falling on your subject. Do this with the correct bulbs and white balance setting using your copy stand. You may still wish to get into <i>Photoshop</i>, <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelwin/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelwin/" rel="nofollow"><i>Photoshop Elements</i></a>* or other editing software for minor adjustments in levels and contrast or color correction. Just be careful not to misrepresent an image with such software.</p><p><br /></p><p>* This link for Adobe <i>Photoshop Elements</i> contains the FREE Trial Version (windows) that you can download and try out. The Adobe site also has trial versions fro Mac users.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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