CTO/CTB gels and any kind of light mod

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Since I'm not in a position to be able to get my gear out and try it myself, can anyone tell me what will happen if I CTO/CTB gel my flashgun and then modify the light with say, an umbrella or a softbox?
 
You will still get the effect of the gel when using a softbox or umbrella.
 
Ok, I though that would be the case but wasn't 100% sure. Thanks Hacker :thumbs:

I took this today (Tungsten WB and CTO) but would prefer a softer light (which I didn't have with me).

 
move the light further away, will soften it a bit
 
david1701 said:
erm that makes it harder :D

you mean to make its effect less noticeable - drop the power
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:thinking:
One of thoose things I do every day yet I'm never sure what i do
But your right :bonk:
 
I had wondered about this as well. I thought it DIDN'T make a difference, because the gelled light is then being diffused by, say, a softbox with a white diffuser.
 
zilly said:
:thinking:
One of thoose things I do every day yet I'm never sure what i do
But your right :bonk:
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its all good, better to **** up theory and nail shots than to nail theory and produce dull technically correct shots

ScarySquirrel said:
I had wondered about this as well. I thought it DIDN'T make a difference, because the gelled light is then being diffused by, say, a softbox with a white diffuser.
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shouldn't white be colour neutral?
or does it have a bleaching effect - somewhere where I am uncertain :D
 
The thick plottens! Anybody got a definitive answer?

EDIT: Actually, Hacker sounded fairly sure of himself! :thinking:
 
david1701 said:
its all good, better to **** up theory and nail shots than to nail theory and produce dull technically correct shots



shouldn't white be colour neutral?
or does it have a bleaching effect - somewhere where I am uncertain :D
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touche !

depends how dirty your diffuser is.
but yes white is color neutral it'll take on any color that is shone on it / through it
 
jontucker said:
The thick plottens! Anybody got a definitive answer?

EDIT: Actually, Hacker sounded fairly sure of himself! :thinking:
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You may have to use say a full cut rather a half or a half rather than a quarter, but it depends what effect you are after - have a look at some of our own Tomas Whitehouse's work, he's a master with the old cto gels :thumbs:
 
Okay, here are a couple of examples with differing gel/WB combos.

1. Auto WB, full CTO gel and bare flash quite far away (camera left) to try and recreate an evening sunset glow. Background was underexposed by about a stop as it was still daylight.
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2. WB set to Tungsten, full CTO gel on flash fired through an Ezybox Hotshoe softbox reasonably close to the subjects
DavidJo-54.jpg


3. Same settings again with the background underexposed by about 1.7 stops...
MelDan-13copy.jpg


4. This time, the settings are almost reversed, the WB was set manually to around 8000k and a full CTB gel was fixed to the flash, again background underexposed.
MelDanMD-48.jpg


5. No gel used for this but still fired through the softbox and the background underexposed to bring out the colours of the sunset
MelDan-14copy.jpg
 
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