TG 6/ Sea & Sea YS-03 Solis strobe everything too blue

[tursiops]

Thanks. I just picked those two shots because I hadn't yet adjusted the white balance. I had some where I was a foot away with the same blue hue. Fiber cable was in the correct port.

Blue simply means you are not getting light from the strobe onto the subject, either because the strobe is not firing, or not firing at the right time, or is too far from the subject, or is not pointed at the subject. Do you have any really close pix u/w, or is everything pretty far away?

 

[turtlegurl]

I've got some really close up, but I had already messed with the exposure/color and trashed the originals. They still suck, but less so.

 

[arew+4]

In the pictures above its the same eel from the same distance. Once with the strobe and once without.

 

[tursiops]

I've got some really close up, but I had already messed with the exposure/color and trashed the originals. They still suck, but less so.

LOL. Never trash the originals, post-process copies.

 

[arew+4]

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Also those are untouched original jpegs, far from nat geo quality, just illustrates strobe/no strobe weak batteries slow recycle, in this case end of third dive

 

[turtlegurl]

LOL. Never trash the originals, post-process copies.

Ya, I can see that now. Live and learn. I really appreciate the help!

 

[turtlegurl]

Also those are untouched original jpegs, far from nat geo quality, just illustrates strobe/no strobe weak batteries slow recycle, in this case end of third dive

Thanks for sharing. It helps me see just how impactful the strobe is!

 

[mi000ke]

I have the same setup. The most common problem (as @tursiops mentioned) is that the camera needs to be set on Fill-in Flash to trigger the strobe.

 

[LarryR]

I have your same set up. The above posts should get you right. You didn't mention if you had it set on a "scene" setting or not. The " fill in" flash is easy to overlook.

 

[Puppeteer]

The other thing to try with the TG6, especially during the day is do a custom white balance capture on the sand. I think you need to be in P mode for the custom white balance capture.

Otherwise, just grab the RAW file and do white balance adjustment in post