Originally posted by photoptimist Ah, then you don't actually want accurate colors. You want to replicate the white balance and colors of your own eyeballs and brain.
Well after all, the fact that I thought what I saw using my own eyeballs and brain was pleasing is why I took the image.
And even then, a slightly different white balance may make that even better, as compared to what i saw.
I don't hunt for technical colour accuracy. I hunt for endorphins.
If there's one thing I've learned later in life, endorphins kill pain, endorphins make you sleep better, endorphins make you a happier person. It's all about the endorphins.
Photographers don't need maximum colour accuracy in an image, they need maximum endorphin production. Creative white balance can help with that.
Yes, I know you technical types don't think all that highly of us hedonist pleasure seekers.