When you take pictures of sunrises and sunsets, always use daylight white balance as opposed to auto white balance. AWB is programed to 'correct' the golden tones of low angled sunlight that we love so much and make them white, or neutral. Even though you can correct this in ACR or Lightroom later, why have to do that with all of these images? In addition, when you look at the pictures on the LCD monitor, with AWB the shots will look dull and unimpressive. I use daylight WB for all of my outdoor photography. The only corrections I need to make in post-processing, then, are when I shoot in shady conditions and the images are a bit too bluish. I could use cloudy WB for those shots, but it's one thing less to do and think about when I'm shooting wildlife, birds, or landscapes. I took this sunset picture from a boat in the Pantanal. The bird is a black collared hawk.
3 Comments
Jul 15, 2016, 9:58:20 PM
Daniel Reynaud - Excellent advice, starting right now !! Thx Jim. ( just back home after 2 months in the truck, working to replenish the royal coffers !!! )
Jul 10, 2016, 4:39:48 AM
Jim - Thank you for the compliment, Bob.
Jul 9, 2016, 10:35:24 PM
Bob Vestal - Beautiful image, Jim. I like using daylight WB for the same reasons.