Non bluish photos of reef tank

[SubzeroLT]

I tried taking some coral photos at a LFS via my mobile to share with a fellow reefer last week but the lights in the shop just made it impossible.

Photos just turned out blue. How to see ?

Did some reading up that a red or orange filter can help. I happened to have a Tian Ya plastic filter from my old camera (S$7.50 at local camera shops).

Photo of my tank taken with iPhone camera :

Photo taken with the filter placed in front of iPhone camera. Closer to actual colors seen with our eyes.

Just sharing .......

[900801]

Interesting. Thanks for sharing bro. Was thinking of how to reduce the blue when taken with iphone.

[pcw]

I never knew this would work so well. Thanks for sharing! I was wondering how you managed to take photos that looked so natural haha time to pull out the GoPro filter I have lying around. Thanks!

[harlo]

Thanks for sharing. Don't need to wait for full white lights to take photo with this.

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[toe_toe7]

Thanks for sharing. Will both red and orange have the same effect?

[SubzeroLT]

Literature from the internet :

We use bluish tank light to simulate what's seen in deep ocean. Its bluish because water is a filter of red light. The deeper you dive the more the red spectrum is filtered from the ambient light. You can however, emphasize the existing red light by filtering out the blue spectrum with a red filter.

Hence, yes, red filter is probably better.

Mine is a graduated filter so you can 'adjust' the level of compensation.

[sanjaypills55]

Guys do you know where to get such orange or red filter glass ?

My tank pictures also come so bluish..

Or is there an app to add more orange or red to the pictures to make it more like what you see in real

[Whiskie]

You may try daiso. Big piece of orange plastic screen for $2. Or from bras basah

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[SubzeroLT]

The Tian Ya graduated filters are available at most camera stores at Funan/Sim Lim. Prices range from $7.50 - $15 depending on where you go.

Personally I like the graduated ones (clear to dark tint) so you can 'adjust' the amount of compensation depending on the color of the tank.

Here is an article on GoPro & using orange filters to compensate : http://www.divephotoguide.com/underwater-photography-special-features/article/go-pro-underwater-photo-video/

Here are some local links for the TianYa filters

http://store.tagotech.com/product_info.php?cPath=49_68&products_id=217&osCsid=f47d4b0194018fe72669da11102acdb6

http://www.sgcamerastore.com/filters/tianya-sunset-filter/prod_769.html

[Kelvin Ang]

Normal photo shop got sell ??? Any idea guys ??

[sanjaypills55]

Not sure about photo shops but i just ordered one from ebay, cheap but hope its works

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Graduated-gradual-orange-square-filter-f-Cokin-P-series-/170520855212?pt=Camera_Filters&hash=item27b3d5c2ac

[vogel88]

I tried taking some coral photos at a LFS via my mobile to share with a fellow reefer last week but the lights in the shop just made it impossible.

Photos just turned out blue. How to see ?

Did some reading up that a red or orange filter can help. I happened to have a Tian Ya plastic filter from my old camera (S$7.50 at local camera shops).

Photo of my tank taken with iPhone camera :

Photo taken with the filter placed in front of iPhone camera. Closer to actual colors seen with our eyes.

Just sharing .......

Great info..... Thanks

[badsector]

great tips. thanks

[Jameshong]

Thanks for sharing.

[moonwater]

Not sure about photo shops but i just ordered one from ebay, cheap but hope its works

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Graduated-gradual-orange-square-filter-f-Cokin-P-series-/170520855212?pt=Camera_Filters&hash=item27b3d5c2ac

wow nice tips, do let us know if that works??

[Guest]

Another way is also to play around with the ISO setting of your camera to reduce the blue.

[jquek]

Another way is also to play around with the ISO setting of your camera to reduce the blue.

Hey boss, ISO setting can reduce the blue? Do you mean white balance instead?

[Guest]

Hey boss, ISO setting can reduce the blue? Do you mean white balance instead?

Oh yap.. Thanks to the expert for pointing it out

[schnitzer44]

Nice tip here bro..!

Gonna check out if parisilk carry it.

[limz_777]

nice camera trick , only works for blue light ?

[SubzeroLT]

nice camera trick , only works for blue light ?

The orange filter works to compensate for bluish light.

Photo quality is so-so with the filter but at least its possible to get some photos with the camera phone.

The best method is still to set custom white balance on the digital camera.

[Kingking]

How to set custom white balance in digital camera?

[SubzeroLT]

For most digital cameras, Its the menu selection that typically has "auto", "Cloudy", "Flourescent" symbols. There is usually a selection for CWB (Custom White Balance).

And from here, you can set the Kelvin temperature. Setting around 8K to 10k will give you a slightly bluish but nice tint. Again, all these depend on your own light setting on how blue it is in the 1st place.