Sometimes, these problems just seem to sneak up on you. Like the beginning of a fall rain, a drop here, and then another drop and then another. But that is usually expected. When the hints are unexpected, one sometimes prefers not to think about them. Or not to think of what they're leading to. In the case of the problem I'm dealing with now, I became aware of the fact that there was a problem, but believed that I would be able to deal with it in the process of working with the photographs in Photoshop. But it turned out not to be so easy, And the more I worked with it, the more difficult it was.
I like to shoot inside without the use of flash. And I've gotten used to the fact that this type of photography usually us accompanied by some sort of color cast. But in recent months, many people I know have been buying a new type of bulb, that is something like a fluorescent tube, except that it screws into the socket made for an incandescent bulb. And though it looks okay to the eye, when you're in a room lit by such a light, I find that the lamps have a greenish cast, that is hard to get rid of by working with the photograph in a photo program. I remember, years ago, we used to use purple filters when shooting without flash in a room with fluorescent lights. But the fluorescent white balance was not able to help me so far. This is because the color changes with the distance from the lamp to the subject. But I intend to try a few different cameras, to see if I have some way to overcome the problem.
The photos here have all been 'corrected' as best as I could. But I still see the green cast. Do you see it? Does it bother you?
There is one way, of course, and that is to switch to black and white. Which I could do, because I like the monochrome. But I like color too, and it is hard for me to surrender to this new bulb, and not shoot color because of it. Another method to overcome the influence of the green cast is to shoot with the help of a flash. But in general, flash photography, if not in a studio, tends to flatten images.
use a 35mm slr with matrix spotting