gordon_fitz_simons Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 I am the proud owner of a new Canon EOS-30D with an EF-S 17-85mm IS lens. I plan on shooting a fireworks display tonight and "Googled" "fireworks photography". I found lots of helpful information concerning ISO, aperture, shutter speed, etc. But nothing about white balance. What white balance setting should I use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark u Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Shoot RAW and tweak it later. A good starting point is daylight - you aren't trying to correct the colour temperature of overall illumination of a scene, but to record the colours of the display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_doty Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 I prefer the daylight setting. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobatkins Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 It doesn't matter a whole lot, since color accuracy isn't really required. Shooting RAW and deciding later is a good way to go. These shots http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/tutorials/fireworks.html were actually shot with auto white balance and tweaked up a bit post-exposure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stock-Photos Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 If you're shooting jpg, and there will be other artificial lights in the image, you might choose "incandescent". Experiment by zooming while exposing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel_turner1 Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 I shoot in RAW and tweek later, usually ending up at around 3500-4000K if it is just fireworks. Auto WB usually works very well. Whatever you do avoid JPEG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musubi1000 Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 as a 30d owner you may have some difficulty viewing the thumbs of raw files if you don't have canons DPP software. Adobe lightroom is what I had to use in a pinch situation I found myself in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon_fitz_simons Posted January 1, 2007 Author Share Posted January 1, 2007 Thanks to all for your replies. We had too much rain last night, but I saved all the responses for review prior to July 4th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenPapai Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 "It doesn't matter a whole lot, since color accuracy isn't really required. Shooting RAW and deciding later is a good way to go." Bob -- I nearly had a heart attack (reading that)! ;-) Thanks and cheers and Happy New Year.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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