A photo lit by LED lights. Did auto white balance in Gimp

[alfredo]

and a bit of sharpening after the resizing of the image.

The reds come through very nice. There seems to be a bit of a blue cast so maybe a tweak to warm it up might help. What do you think of the quality of light from the LED? Noticed it brings out the scars and at the base of the ring finger near the pinky is a fifty year old bit of cinder embedded under my skin from a brawl on a cinder lane behind the Old Fitzgerald distillery barrel houses. This is not the type of light for portraits if you want to bring out the "best" in that person. The light seems to bring out every imperfection. Could make even the prettiest into "The Ugly Duchess."

[handmade34]

1. I like the light

and I appreciate the theme... made me think of a picture (lighting from the airplane reading light) I got of my partner entertaining himself in flight on the way to Vermont:

[alfredo]

2. I wanted assess LED lights to see how it will work with

photography. Mine seems nice and bright, but a bit brittle and cool. It could be the subject or the auto white balance. I will have to go back to the original and look at it more. With yours it seems warmer.

[handmade34]

3. not the subject

and I am assuming that the airplane lights are LED... it has to be the white balance (I say that as if I know what I am talking about??? I am a newbie and just learning the basics)

[alfredo]

4. I'm still learning too.

The LED's I am using has a bright bluish tint.

Here it is without the GIMP auto white balance



With auto white balance. It's brighter, but doesn't seem to have shifted the colors (to my eye).