"Alan Browne" wrote in message
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Once again the idea of adding red gels to the lights and a blue filter to
the lens seems rather counter productive. Would you have a reason for
doing
that?

When I use red lights in the studio it is typically for BG's or edge
lighting and I want it to look red, not neutral.

Right, so adding a blue CC would *not* be desirable.


The issue is in taming the red v. the other lights. Even with the red on
my lowest powered strobe at the lowest setting (1/32) I have to add
damping material (usually white nylon cloth) otherwise the red bleed is
very high and red highlights often overwhelm the camera sensors to looking
more white than red. It's not so much getting the red "down" as it is
maintaining other lighting ratios in the scene v. the power range of the
strobes. (3 or more in such sets).

What you should do is add more red gels to the strobe you want to be red, or
a grey/ND one as well if necessary. (Your white nylon cloth has a similar
affect I guess.)
But adding a blue CC to the lens still seems like the worst idea of all to
me.


Not the best example, but one that happens to be online:
http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/44374694

Looks OK, did you really use a blue CC filter on the lens?
I'm sure it would still look OK if you used one of the other methods I
suggest though.
(actually I'm betting you did, that "white nylon cloth" right?)

Trevor.