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12/27/2004 06:38:22 PM · #1 |
Hey,
My brother is going to be married at midnight, at a bonfire party. I'm not the photog, but I'm going to try to take some pics anyway, just to see if I can get anything neat. So, my question is, what's the best white balance setting for fire light??? Or am I stuck having to do a custom WB before the wedding? Any suggestions welcome... Thanks.
Doug
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12/27/2004 07:06:14 PM · #2 |
Shoot RAW. See example below.
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12/27/2004 08:30:09 PM · #3 |
I second doctornick's advice, do shoot RAW. That way there is absolutely no worry about WB, as you can set it later, during conversion. You should be able to manually adjust the WB for one photo, then convert the rest with the same setting.
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12/27/2004 09:21:02 PM · #4 |
Interesting...I've never shot RAW yet. Don't you need some sort of conversion software for that? I don't think I installed the stuff that came with the camera to do that, as I didn't think I'd be needing it. Maybe I'll go dig it up now and put it on...
Doesn't shooting RAW significantly increase the image size MB wise? Limiting the number you can take?
Maybe I'll try some RAW and some with various other settings... After all, I'm only experimenting to see what I can get for fun, and maybe to give to my brother. Not like I'm getting paid for it. :-)
Thanks for the tip!
Any other suggestions? |
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12/27/2004 09:33:06 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by dswebb:
Interesting...I've never shot RAW yet. Don't you need some sort of conversion software for that? I don't think I installed the stuff that came with the camera to do that, as I didn't think I'd be needing it. Maybe I'll go dig it up now and put it on...
Doesn't shooting RAW significantly increase the image size MB wise? Limiting the number you can take?
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Yes you need a software that supports RAW like Photoshop CS or Photoshop Elements 3. I am not sure how the canon s/w that came with the camera works as I have never tried it. It doesn't look that good though :D
RAW images do have larger image size, I think its about 7-8 MB for one image.
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12/27/2004 10:22:16 PM · #6 |
This was done in auto WB and little was done PP:
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12/27/2004 11:01:16 PM · #7 |
SOURCE DEGREES K
Artificial Light
Match Flame 1700
Candle Flame 1850
40-Watt Incandescent Tungsten Lamp 2650
75-Watt Incandescent Tungsten Lamp 2820
100-Watt Incandescent Tungsten Lamp 2865
500-Watt Incandescent Tungsten Lamp 2960
Professional Tungsten Photo Lamp 3200
Color Photography Studio Tungsten Lamp 3350
Photoflood or Reflector Flood Lamp 3400
Daylight Blue Photoflood Lamp 4800
Daylight  (Sunlight is the light of the sun only. Daylight combines sunlight and skylight.)
Sunlight: Sunrise of Sunset 2000
Sunlight: One Hour After Sunrise 3500
Sunlight: Early Morning or Late Afternoon 4300
Average Summer Sunlight at Noon in the Mid-latitudes 5400
Direct Mid-Summer Sunlight 5800
Overcast Sky 6000
Daylight Fluorescent Lamp (see note below) 6300
Average Summer Sunlight (plus blue skylight) 6500
Light Summer Shade 7100
Average Summer Shade 8000
Summer Skylight (varies) 9500 – 30,000
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12/27/2004 11:28:17 PM · #8 |
Here is one i did with my lowly Canon A300
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12/27/2004 11:34:44 PM · #9 |
| I've always shot my school's bonfire using auto white balance and the photos have come out looking really good. The fire might look a little more red/orange than it would in reality, but in a good way. It makes for some cool images...similar coloring to BradP's image if I remember correctly (I would look at mine if I weren't travelling). |
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12/28/2004 04:16:31 PM · #10 |
Thanks for the info/advice everybody. I think after Kearock's info I'll try a few on auto WB first, and see how they look on the back of the camera. If they look ok, I'll go with that most of the time ('cause it's easy). Even if they look good, I think I'll try some RAW ones, just to see what they look like too. If the auto WB ones "look funny" on the camera LCD, I think I'll just try several WB settings as well as some RAW. Thanks again!
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