I'm having tough time with beach photos... I didn't take this photo, but it'll work for the help I need. Almost always the white balance is set at auto and I adjust it in LR. If I sample a whiter portion the color was all funky, ditto with darker. I was looking at what LR was doing when clicking through the preset settings. It seems that it was using the sand for the sample?
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22nd April 2011, 01:55 AM #1
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White Balance at Dusk at the Beach?
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22nd April 2011, 02:08 AM #2
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Re: White Balance at Dusk at the Beach?
I generally set my WB dropper to the second brightest thing in the scene...I don't like using pure white and in many cases will opt for whatever looks closest to a 12% gray.
Who's the nice dog with the lady?
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22nd April 2011, 02:09 AM #3
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Re: White Balance at Dusk at the Beach?
Normally, shots taken at dusk or sunset have this orangey tint on them so I think your shot looks just fine, Mary. Unless you really want to take out the orange tint then you can also do it inside lightroom with ease.
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22nd April 2011, 02:10 AM #4
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Re: White Balance at Dusk at the Beach?
That's Lucy.
So... what would you choose in that particular photo as the WB sample?
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22nd April 2011, 02:39 AM #5
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Re: White Balance at Dusk at the Beach?
Your smile, of course.
Originally Posted by ilovelucydog
That's Lucy. So... what would you choose in that particular photo as the WB sample?
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22nd April 2011, 02:42 AM #6
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Re: White Balance at Dusk at the Beach?
That was very sweet, but not helpful. Originally Posted by MiniChris
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22nd April 2011, 02:48 AM #7
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Re: White Balance at Dusk at the Beach?
I'm simply eyeballing the white adjustment, Mary. Try setting the Temp to -15 and the tint to +8 on the white balance manual adjustment in lightroom. You might probably want to try converting this shot to b&w. The way I see it, it looks great on that, too.
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22nd April 2011, 02:49 AM #8
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Re: White Balance at Dusk at the Beach?
I think he was being serious Mary. WB on your theeth.
Although I agree with Jiro that it looks fine from here.
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22nd April 2011, 02:53 AM #9
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Re: White Balance at Dusk at the Beach?
Thank you... I will try both. Originally Posted by jiro
I'm simply eyeballing the white adjustment, Mary. Try setting the Temp to -15 and the tint to +8 on the white balance manual adjustment in lightroom. You might probably want to try converting this shot to b&w. The way I see it, it looks great on that, too.
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22nd April 2011, 02:54 AM #10
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Re: White Balance at Dusk at the Beach?
I'll play around with it.... not my teeth... they stay put. Originally Posted by jeeperman
I think he was being serious Mary. WB on your theeth. Although I agree with Jiro that it looks fine from here.
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22nd April 2011, 02:56 AM #11
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22nd April 2011, 02:59 AM #12
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Re: White Balance at Dusk at the Beach?
Nothing but setting the WB to her teeth...such a pretty smile shouldn't go to waste...
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22nd April 2011, 03:00 AM #13
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Re: White Balance at Dusk at the Beach?
Thank you, Chris. It's crazy what WB does. Thanks a bunch, guys.
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Re: White Balance at Dusk at the Beach?
How about this?
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