andrew_dodson Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 What are some of the better white balance settings for shooting in the snow? I tried out a couple of different techniques.. i was actually most pleased with the shade setting on the d300. I also used the preset WB and set it to the snow, but i think it was too blue for me. Any other techniques in general for shooting pictures with snow? I included a sample<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_dodson Posted February 13, 2008 Author Share Posted February 13, 2008 here's another... what else do you think would make it better? (the white balance that is..) it was just a quick composition.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron l Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Whoa, that's pretty warm! Snow reflects a lot of blue light and should be quite blue in the shadows... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshroot Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 There is always going to be blue in the shadows of a snow shot. Your best bet if it annoys you, might be to shoot in RAW and tweak the post processing until you find a color setting that you prefer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madhu_menon Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 That was pretty warm snow. I think it needs to be cooled it a little bit You can try the Custom Temperature Based WB. The automatic WB also works pretty well. Asa Josh suggested try shotting it in RAW is the best option then we can customize the WB as required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis_vener_photography Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 "What are some of the better white balance settings for shooting in the snow? " That would depend on the type quality of light that is illuminating it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanleys Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Your exif data indicates that you were using 'shade' as your white balance, try 'flash'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walterh Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Andrew it really depends what you like. "i was actually most pleased with the shade setting on the d300. I also used the preset WB and set it to the snow, but i think it was too blue for me.." If you like it keep it - no reason to follow the mainstream :-P If you want the snow white you could easily set it to white e.g. with the eyedropper tool in PS ADOBE camera Raw importer. Your snow is too warm for me as well but if the sun would be a slight bit lower in the image I would go for it. By the way : is your monitor calibrated - such discussions only make sense if it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oskar_ojala Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 Depends completely on the light and in the winter the light is rarely neutral. Shadows will be blue, since the WB is much different than directly illuminated parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_bunnik Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 I normally use my automatic white balance and overexpose about 1.5 to 2 stops. I shoot in raw so I can correct afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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