Grey went brown

Darryl Roberts · Jun 9, 2019

I was testing light ratios and am perplexed as to why my grey canvas background appears brown. Shot 800 ISO f8 on subject, f4 metered the backdrop. Please help.

I digitally test the exposure before shooting my film.

StepheKoontz · Jun 9, 2019

You need to explain more what this is. Is this a film scan? color negative or chrome? What kind of lighting etc.

Darryl Roberts · Jun 9, 2019

Shot with Nikon D70 (to preview before exposing my 120, 800 ISO Portra) and a Hensel Integra 500w strobe. The backdrop, from Franklin backdrops, is ash grey.

markbau · Jun 9, 2019

Was there any ambient light (light apart from the flash?)

Darryl Roberts · Jun 9, 2019

I had a regular standing lamp on in the room but thought the high shutter speed would've killed the ambient. It was shot in the evening.

MattKing · Jun 9, 2019

The background was probably receiving somewhat different light than the subject.

Darryl Roberts · Jun 9, 2019

Unsolved mystery, all ambient light off, still brown?

Ariston · Jun 9, 2019

That creepy evil manequin probably did something to it!

Darryl Roberts · Jun 9, 2019

It's the light. A speedlight properly rendered it.

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