Isochromodes granula

Dapa, Valle Del Cauca 2100m

6Isochromodes granula

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Christine Young

Lion

Isochromodes granula? The color doesn't match though. Posted 5 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  @Peter, don't take this as an offense, but we have to be a bit more tolerant in color matching as I'm thinking some of these photos have some discoloration, could be due to the light source or white balance settings, the reason doesn't matter.
  
  To demonstrate this point:
  
  Actual species color:
  https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/42518829
  
  I'm thinking the photos are too cool in color temperature. Which is not a problem, just something to take into account when matching. This may also be the reason we couldn't find that blue moth :) Posted 5 years ago, modified 5 years ago
2. 1. Peter Dexter Hoell
    
    Lion
    
    Ok. I have to say I haven't added color effects in photoshop. The photos taken at night are illuminated by flashlight with I think LED bulb and shot with auto white balance setting. . Perhaps this effects the color negatively. I don't know. I can try different light balance settings. Might help. Posted 5 years ago
  2. 1. Christine Young
      
      Lion
      
      I have personally found that my lighting at night sometimes alters the colors of the moths I photograph. When that happens, I have to readjust the colors in photoshop. But, as Peter said above, maybe there is an easier way to solve the problem with camera settings. I might try that as well. Posted 5 years ago
    2. 1. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Yep, there's 2 strategies: do it during capture or after.
        
        During capture, it would be a matter of setting the correct white balance. Auto white balance can be problematic at night in particular with multiple artificial light sources (for example flashlight and regular light, or LED light, UV lights, etc). You can't really expect a camera to make sense of this. Only if this possibly complex light situation is stable, you could try setting white balance to a mode you think works best or even dial in a custom temperature.
        
        After capture, the problem basically does not exist if you shoot in RAW. Allow me to demonstrate:
        
        https://imgur.com/gallery/mvRLxZm
        
        On the left, the original. It has a strong blue cast whilst we know the sheet is white. So in Lightroom, I use the white balance picker, click on an average brightness blue pixel, and instantly we get the correct color temperature shown on the right. Which is exactly right, not too cool, not too hot. This literally is a one second action.
        
        Even better, this strategy is independent of monitor. Your monitor could be not calibrated, being slightly off in color temperature, impacting your judgement. No problem with this method.
        
        Yet it requires a neutral white in the scene (technically it's actually 18% neutral gray). If not available, you need to pick something close to it and tinker a bit. An old school method is to have a printed white balance card. Place in scene. Make photo. Remove from scene. Make actual photo.
        
        When not shooting RAW and doing this after the fact, you can still get reasonably close if you remember a particular other color from the scene and how it's supposed to look. You can still get a good look but you will lose contrast and shadow data as the JPEG file simply doesn't have it. Posted 5 years ago
      2. Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        Interesting...and yet another reason to shoot RAW! Posted 5 years ago
        
        Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Slowly but surely my passive aggressive RAW propaganda sinks in. I'm in this for the long term. Posted 5 years ago
        
        Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        Haha! You are persistent and I am stubborn ;P Posted 5 years ago
3. Peter Dexter Hoell
  
  Lion
  
  Notwithstanding the color the pattern matches quite well. Thank you for that find. Posted 5 years ago