 Bunny Snow |
White balance for indoor shooting When using my brand new Canon EOS 20D yesterday to capture the damage in our home from Hurricane Rita, I had set my camera to program and the white balance temperature was left at 7000. I thought, perhaps mistakenly that if 7000 is for open shade, that it would work with our home, which except for the massive hole in the roof in which the tree entered, would be open shade. However, all my light across the cream colored walls reflected green. Do I assume that green is due to the sunlight coming through the leaves? It couldn't be from fluorescent because we don't have fluorescent in that room and at the time the images were taken, there was no electricity. It's been a pain trying to correct the color, partially because I'm very "green" in using PS7. Can anyone help me correct the problem, and avoid it next time? Thanks. Bunny
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Christopher A. Vedros |
Bunny, If you're taking pictures indoors, with no electricity, you would probably get the best results using flash. White balance could be set to auto or daylight, since the flash matches daylight. By the way, any relation to Cliff Snow? Chris
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Bunny Snow |
Thanks, Chris. Assuming that the internal flash on my 20D went off, then it was used. On the other hand, I made have had a high ISO, such as 800, at the time. Cannot remember. But, everything has a green over-tone. Do I conclude that your suggestion was to use the flash for interior shots and set the white balance for daylight -- approximately 5200 temperture and that would cure the green over-cast? Re: Cliff Snow: My husband says nothing immediate. Whether there is a long lost relative named Cliff Snow is unknown. Thanks for your reply. ~Bunny
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Laura E. OConnor |
Susan, I have a D-70, but I took "before" shots inside with only light from windows. I had my white balance on auto and my on-camera flash on, Shutter Priority at anywhere from 60-125 and they came out perfect. Hope that helps!
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Christopher A. Vedros |
"Do I conclude that your suggestion was to use the flash for interior shots and set the white balance for daylight -- approximately 5200 temperture and that would cure the green over-cast?" Yes, that's what I think you should do. If your camera is set on Program, then the internal flash will only fire if you pop it up manually, it won't pop up on it's own. For pictures of this type, I think you're better off using the flash and an ISO of 100 or 200, then using no flash with a high ISO. If you need to photograph any highly reflective surfaces, like windows or mirrors, just stand at an angle so the reflection doesn't bounce directly back at you. Cliff is an engineer at my firm. I just hadn't met anyone else with that last name, so I thought there might be a relation. Chris
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Bunny Snow |
Thanks for your reply, Laura. It is common sense to me that shooting with or without a flash would yield good white balance inside. I "think" I used program; don't recall resetting the white balance from the last time it was used, which meant it was on shade, rather than auto. I learned that leaving it on auto can result in some weird lighting conditions that are even more difficult to correct, so I try to keep it on shade, because I generally shoot in the shade. I was surprised when my images came out with a green tint and the more I think about it, the more I feel it was due to the sunlight coming through the leaves of the tree that was plummented by Hurricane Rita into my house. I do recall shooting a portrait under a tree with my film camera and having a green tint to my images. But that was years ago, and at the time I shot inside with my new digital, I had forgotten that episode. I'll try to remember what both of you said for next time. Thanks again. Thanks again for your suggestions, Chris. Shall also try to remember what you've said. The "Snow" name is English and is widespread in New England where the Snow family settled centuries ago. There are some Snows in Colorado, not surprisingly. Personally, when I began dating this Snow, we were ski bumming in Vail, Colorado some 35 years ago. Bruce's cousin and much of his cousin's immediate family lives in Englewood, near Denver. I was born and raised in Denver, and the wonderful Rocky Mountains. Thanks to both of you again. Bunny
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Laura E. OConnor |
Ya know, I never thought of that, but you are probably hitting the nail on the head! The light filtered through the not-so-well-placed leaves! My sincere sympathies about your home!!!!!
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