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Old 26-02-2009, 4:50 PM   #1 (permalink)
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What White balence to use at night?

Although i shoot RAW 100% i would like to get as accurate as possible in camera before doing any PP.
While i know the light varies and can depend on if there is other light in the shot i was just wondering what people use if not using AWB.

Is there a Kelvin number that gets closer than the usual presets?

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Re: What White balence to use at night?

It'll depend on the mixture of light sources, including flash.

Here's a night shot with a lot of artifical lighting, and I've saved jpgs at different WB settings in Adobe Camera Raw.

I'm quite happy with Auto.

I'd be interested to hear which you folks prefer.

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Custom, clicked on one of the buildings where the RGB values read 144,144,144.
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Re: What White balence to use at night?

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Re: What White balence to use at night?

I leave white balance in auto and change it in photoshop if i have too
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Re: What White balence to use at night?

Thanks guys.
So far ive been happy with both AWB and tungsten and as stated i always correct it in PP anyway so i guess im better leaving it up to the camera during shooting.

onefivenine, i prefer the Tungsten shot, thanks for posting the pics.
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