Exercise-
Take the same image under 3 different lighting conditions
- DIRECT SUNLIGHT
- SHADE
- LOW LIGHT( low to the horizon)
Take the same image under 3 different lighting conditions but
adjust the white balance under each to the following
- AUTO
- DIRECT SUNLIGHT/DAYLIGHT
- SHADE
I chose the select the same location and photograph it under the three
different lighting conditions to see the affect to the colour tones and
the light levels.
THIS SERIES OF IMAGES WERE TAKEN ON THE SAME
DAY!!
I had planned to take this series of images across a long weekend
and hopefully capture all different types of lighting conditions
but managed capture all in one day!
The morning light was very overcast and also very blue
the image therefore looks " cool" or colder than the rest
of the images. To compensate for this you could set the
white balance to shade which would add some warmth
to the image. This would improve the colour of the sand
and increase the yellow tones.
By mid afternoon the sun had come out and
burnt off the cloud. The light was very bright
and I therefore chose to shoot with the light
to the side to ensure that image was not too burnt out
The light and colours are very white and therefore
lack depth or tone. This image could have been improved
by taking it later in the day when the sun was closer
to the horizon and the colour tones would have been
more redder and warmer.
The late afternoon sun was amazing and the colours
changed dramatically and the tones were warm and
the tones of the sand changed from light yellow
to deep orange tones. The sky was still blue but
the sun reflection had turned more red/orange hence
the change in the tones of the sand.
The auto white balanced image is very blue. The sky
was cloudless and the sun was high in the sky.
The direct sun white balance is a little warmer, I assume
to balance out the blue tones of the bright sky.
setting a shade white balance has added more red to
the image to warm the image as the camera is assuming
the camera is blue.
I pointed the camera directly at the blue cloudless sky.
I then pre set the white balance to that tone. The resulting
image is very red and warm as the camera has
compensated for the blue tone of the sky
LOW LIGHT-LOW TO THE HORIZON
The above image shows that the camera has selected to add
blue to the image which was shot in low afternoon sunlight.
I think as the sky was quite red it has added blue to neutralize
the colour back to " white light" levels or kelvin 5000.
As auto the white balance setting has added blue tones
to the image to bring it back to daylight tones
White balance set to shade has added more red to the image
as it assumes that the light is "blue" so adds red to bring it
back to the white light levels.
I can pre set the white balance to the available light.
I measure the light by the sky tones. This image is the
closets to the actual light/ colour tones. There is a bit
of warmth to the image but not as dramatic as the shade
white balance image.
SHADE
I am trying to understand why this image is "blue" as
I expected the camera to add more red to the image as the
light was restriteced by cloudy conditions which
often mean that the light is very blue?
I expected the final image to have had some warmth added to it.
As the above image the final photography is made up
of very blue tones.
The camera automatically adds blue when direct sun
white balance is selected as the light is considered white.
As shaded light is blue the camera has added red to
warm the image.
Again I pre set the white balance by the lighting conditions
As the light is very blue and shaded the image has been
warmed up by the camera.
COMMENTS
Setting the white balance to the available
lighting condition's can help compensate for
the sometimes blue or red/warm available
light. It can also be used creatively
to enhance the avail colour or improve
the final composition by adding more
tone to the final image.
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