Gelling for the First Time

Bored, I saw my neighbor's porch and thought, "What would it look like if I fell down their stairs?" I took the first photo (left) and noticed that the light from the snooted flash was too blue and didn't match the light from the porch light. This looked like a perfect opportunity for me to play with gels for the first time. A little over a month ago, I got a sample pack of Lee Filters from a camera rental store in San Francisco. Though not made by Rosco (the brand of choice among Strobist readers), it was the only one they offered, so I took it. I tried many of the orange and yellow tinted gels and I think I ultimately settled on medium amber (Y=50.7%). I don't know what the Y stands for. My first thought was that Y signified yellow, but I noticed that different colors sometimes share nearly equal Y values. More research is needed. This is my first attempt and though I wasn't able to match the gel with the porch light, it was fun trying and I look forward to more experimentation. I actually like the blueness of the flash in the left photo. It looks like a ray of light shot from heaven. :-)