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Jennifer W 		 

yellow tint to inside shots


 
  Scout - flash
Scout - flash
These are truly awful photos, but they're the most easily accessible to show what I'm talking about.

Jennifer W

  
  Scout - no flash
Scout - no flash
These are truly awful photos, but they're the most easily accessible to show what I'm talking about.

Jennifer W

  
  Scout Under the Sheet
Scout Under the Sheet
Tv: 1/50 Av: 5.6 ISO: 800 Focal Length: 55 mm

Jennifer W

  
 
When I take pictures inside my house using incandescent light and no-flash, they come out yellow-hued. Sometimes I like the effect, but sometimes I don't want it. I assumed it was a white balance problem and figured out how to change the white balance on my camera to the lightbulb setting, but that didn't help.

Can someone help me figure out what is wrong?


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November 02, 2005

 

Jennifer W 		  I'm really sorry about the multiple postings. Anyone know how to remove them (and want to give me a tutorial or direct me to the tutorial on how to use this forum)??


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November 02, 2005

 

Robert Park 		  hey jennifer. I know what you're going through because the same things happen to me. I try to shoot my dogs outdoors or near a window. remember that natural lighting is best. if thats not an option for you, you could always adjust the color balance on photoshop or another editing program, if you have one. your first one with flash doesnt have the yellowish tint though, but its a bit bluish. I hope this helps and good luck!


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November 04, 2005

 

Pete H 		  Looking at the 2nd shot, it is obvious your flash did not fire.
Shooting w/o flash, you need to set the camera on incandescent.

To correct after the fact, Adobe PS has a "corect color cast" feature which works fairly well.


Pete


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November 05, 2005

 

anonymous A. 		  I have read several articles that suggest the automatic white balance on EOS digitals doesn't work well for incandescent light and therefore you should set the white balance manually. Fair enough, and that's what you did...but which of these shots was taken with the WB set to incandescent (tungsten)? The symbol for tungsten on the EOS LCD is a little lightbulb, but it is really small and could be misread, but if your sure it's right, try white balance bracket (auto if the camera has it, otherwise try a setting above and a setting below in the white balance menu. Note the best setting and always use that under the same conditions.
It looks a bit like your sample photos might have been taken under a mixture of lights (tungsten/daylight/neon). That can fool the white balance setting, too.


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November 05, 2005

 
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