A question for the experienced E-1 folks:
I'm tweeking up the E-1's settings for portraiture, and I'm
kinda stuck on something here. Hopefully I can be set straight.
WB: 6000 (matches my flash nicely)
Saturation: CS2
Contrast: -1
Colorspace: sRBG
With the above settings, the skintones are pretty neutral and
almost "peaches and cream". Fabric holds details in the high and
low values. Unfortunately, the picture lacks "oomph".
WB: 6000 (matches the flash)
Saturation: CM4 (portrait)
Contrast: -1
Colorspace: sRBG
With these above settings, the skintones turn more pinkish and
almost nuclear with anybody with a skin disorder or diabetic or
has high blood pressure. If I leave the contrast at "0" the skin
shows way too many zits and the eyes can get lost in the
shadows. Otherwise the overall colors (clothes, background, etc)
is pretty nice.
When using either of the above configurations with adobe
colorspace everything turns quite gray and dismal. (almost a
cyan cast) I've normally used adobe colorspace for my
portraiture, but these settings are so far out as to be
completely unworkable. However, any pinkish characteristics in
the skintones neutralize and I get closer to my "peaches and
cream" look of Portra NC, but everything else just goes flat as
a pancake and if I'm not careful, give people that formaldahyde
cast.
Basically, what I'm seeing in the sRBG colorspace is quite close
to what I'm trying to achieve, except that the skin is just a
hair on the pink side. I'm seeking my Portra 160NC look, but
I'm getting more of a Fuji NPS look with pinker skin. When
setting the contrast to "0" the look is more like Portra VC or
Fuji NPC with even more red skin.
So, my specific questions are:
1. How do I reduce the pink skin tones without losing "punch"?
2. What's up with the colorspace?
3. Any other settings I should try?
I can live with the first listed setup, but I'd like just a bit
more horsepower in the non-skin colors. We're not talking
anything really wrong, with any of the setups, as it's pretty
much nuance, here. (except for the adobe colorspace).
One option that I'm considering is throwing some color
filteration on the flash and adjusting the WB to counteract
that. This would put the skin where I want it and possibly punch
the colors up.
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