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08/13/2008 01:18:42 PM · #1 |
Howdy,
What is white balance? Ive had a few comments saying that the white balance in some of my photos is off.
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08/13/2008 01:19:59 PM · #2 |
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08/13/2008 02:00:21 PM · #3 |
While some argue their price/value, I find the following tools handy for setting/verifying WB.
Expodisc
WhiBal gray card
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08/13/2008 02:23:47 PM · #4 |
I agree to read the articles previously linked. The short answer is that different types of lighting give different color casts to the light. F'rinstance, indoor photos tend to have a yellow cast to them from incandescent bulbs. The human brain automatically compensates, but the camera does not. The white balance setting offsets the color cast so that the photo looks normal.
Message edited by author 2008-08-13 14:24:19. |
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08/14/2008 06:44:53 PM · #5 |
Thanks all .
Ive already noticed a big improvement. |
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08/14/2008 06:47:19 PM · #6 |
I'm lazy and shoot RAW then recover post shot ;)
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08/14/2008 07:18:42 PM · #7 |
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08/14/2008 07:20:15 PM · #8 |
| The diffrent color casts that you are talking about is really diffrent Kelvin temps. Normal daylight has a kelvin temp of right around 5300-5600. The lower you go on the kelvin scale the cooler your photos will be. The higher, the warmer. |
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08/14/2008 08:27:32 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by KelvinC:
What is Google? |
OK then smarty, what is colour? The simple questions are often the hardest to define, and therefore the best :) |
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08/14/2008 08:37:06 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by cryan:
The diffrent color casts that you are talking about is really diffrent Kelvin temps. Normal daylight has a kelvin temp of right around 5300-5600. The lower you go on the kelvin scale the cooler your photos will be. The higher, the warmer. |
Other way around -- incandescent lighting is about 3500K and is yellower than normal sunlight -- the hotter the source, the bluer the light until you hit ultraviolet ... |
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08/15/2008 12:42:15 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by cryan:
The diffrent color casts that you are talking about is really diffrent Kelvin temps. Normal daylight has a kelvin temp of right around 5300-5600. The lower you go on the kelvin scale the cooler your photos will be. The higher, the warmer. |
Other way around -- incandescent lighting is about 3500K and is yellower than normal sunlight -- the hotter the source, the bluer the light until you hit ultraviolet ... |
the degrees Kelvin refer to blackbody radiation--think of iron being heated--first its red, they yellow, then white, then blue-white. The color corresponds to the temperature.
BTW, don't correct color by eye unless you have a calibrated monitor.
See here //epaperpress.com/monitorcal/index.html and also the "profiles and windows" page on that site.
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08/15/2008 01:03:21 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Other way around -- incandescent lighting is about 3500K and is yellower than normal sunlight -- the hotter the source, the bluer the light until you hit ultraviolet ... |
Why is this all staring to remind me of the debates surrounding the warm and cool colors challenges? |
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08/15/2008 04:12:55 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by cryan:
The diffrent color casts that you are talking about is really diffrent Kelvin temps. Normal daylight has a kelvin temp of right around 5300-5600. The lower you go on the kelvin scale the cooler your photos will be. The higher, the warmer. |
Other way around -- incandescent lighting is about 3500K and is yellower than normal sunlight -- the hotter the source, the bluer the light until you hit ultraviolet ... |
Thank you Lonni.
I wish I picked up a camera and immediately understood everything but alas it didn't happen.
Im getting better though. : ) |
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08/15/2008 05:28:56 PM · #14 |
i leave my white balance set to 'flash' almost 100% of the time. and i shoot in RAW almost 100% of the time as well. but not too often do i need to make a white balance adjustment. whether or not a flash is used during the shot.
Message edited by author 2008-08-15 17:30:26.
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08/15/2008 07:47:48 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by LiamD2005:
I wish I picked up a camera and immediately understood everything but alas it didn't happen.
Im getting better though. : ) |
Don't feel alone in that. You are in the right place to learn it. It'll come, one trick at a time.
BTW, about your profile pic... WB is WAYYYYYY off.
Message edited by author 2008-08-15 19:49:27. |
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