Trouble with colours!

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Hi Guys,
I was out with Mickledore in Liverpool last Tuesday. We had finished the meet and was walking towards the train stationwhen I spotted these pillars of light outside Liverpool museum. However things did not go as planned! Can anyone point me in the right direction as to why I have ended up ith various 'Halos' round certain colours and why they aren't more colourful? I'am sure that the colours looked a lot more saturated at the time.
Thanks for your help.

Not as saturated as I remember.
OK_lights1.jpg


Red/orange halo
lights_red_orange_halo.jpg


Blue halo
Lights_blue_halo1.jpg
 
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Sorry can't help with the halo thing. I have some photo's of street lamps that have some strange ghostly thing going on but being as the lamps were under a railway bridge it looked really effective So I shot more :-)
I think in my case it had something to do with the angle I was shooting but I am sure some one more qualified will put you right.
As for colour saturation it has been my experiance that the camera's rarely capture the colour as we see it "they all have there own interpretations of colour" so just have to tweak after.

Gaz

Just my thoughts could be wrong.
 
Hiya Paul, can't help with a definitive answer I'm afraid. I think that light sources in an image are just a right pain. I hope someone more knowledgeable will come along and help soon.

One thought I had was that you could have tried a polarising filter to cut out the diffuse "glow" because I bet those are coloured plexi glass panels but without the chance to shoot and re-shoot I suppose you will never get to the bottom of this.
 
Brian, your dead right they are plexI glass panels. I was thinking along the lines of the polarising filter myself TBH. But I couldn't understand why one didn't have the 'halos' and the other two did? Perhaps I didn't make it clear when I originally started this thread :thinking:
 
Well the first image is less exposed than the other two, if that's what you mean - the building behind gives that away - if you open the first image and push up the exposure by a stop or so the building will look like they do on the other 2 shots and the "lights" will start to glow.

This may be a clue!

Another possibility...
On countryfile this week there was talk of light pollution, about how the lights from the city illuminate the particles (particulate pollution) in the air and they shine back (and sideways in my experience) and spoil the view of the stars.

Was it misty there? or maybe (I know this location btw) there were lots of car/bus fumes?
 
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What were the weather conditions like?
Mist, dust, water vapour, other particles in the air would be my take on it too.

BTW I'm moving this into Talk Photography for you.
If I'm understanding it correctly, you really want some help with understanding the effects you're seeing in the photo rather than straight critique so you'll get more response there.

(If I've got it wrong, give me a nudge and I'll move it back :) )
 
It's probably just flare because they are so bright compared to the background. It may be made worse by a cheap lens, or if you have a filter over the lens.... or if there is any dirt on the lens.
 
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