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Rode Kabbes burl
Greg Thomas

Rode Kabbes burl

This piece is 8" x 5 1/2". I don't know much about Rode Kabbes except that this piece was shipped from Surinam by a missionary to a local lumber mill near where I live. The tree was dead when harvested and full of ants. The lumber had to remain in a kiln for two months before they would allow it to leave the country. It's a very hard wood and the burl looks like swirling marble when turned. I wanted to expose as much of the beauty of this piece of wood as possible, form was not that important. The lighting I used highlighted the yellows and reds, I need some suggestions on how to avoid that. If anyone has more info on Rode Kabbes I would appreciate hearing about it.
That is a fascinating piece of wood. Very pretty.
What kind of light did you use for this shot?
Your camera should have a setting in it that allows you to tell it what the light source is (a white balance setting, usually to tungsten, daylight, flourescent, etc. Make sure that is set correctly. If it is, then you could further correct for the lighting by getting a photographers grey card and using that with the custom lighting setting of your camera. That will allow it to read have the camera read the light reflecting off the white side of the grey card and determine the correct white balance from that for the lights you are using.

Beyond that, if you have a copy of Photoshop you can try doing an Autobalance first to see if Photoshop can compensate automatically, or you can play with the color balance in Photoshop manually. That can be tricky though if you are not familiar with it. You might find the grey card faster and easier. You can get those from any decent camera shop.

Hope that helps!

Pretty piece by the way. I like what you did with it.

Dave
 

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Canon Canon PowerShot SD110
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ƒ/2.8
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5.4 mm
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1/8 second(s)
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Off, did not fire
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1717Rode_Kabbes_adj.jpg
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Fri, 23 December 2005 11:53 AM
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