White Balance Comparison for Night Photography

[Francis247]

Hi All,

Just thought of sharing out some of the Night shots that I took by varying the different White Balance on my D70s for discussion.

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[Francis247]

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[zac08]

So which would you say shows closest to the original scene colouration during the time of the shoot??

[jbma]

I think doing night photography with custom white balance will give you different results with different settings. This is due to the fact that there are many different light there e.g. tungsten, flourescent, street lights etc.

[Francis247]

Originally Posted by zac08 So which would you say shows closest to the original scene colouration during the time of the shoot??

This is a tough call, but I think that Direct Sunlight is very close to the original scene colouration.

[Francis247]

Originally Posted by jbma I think doing night photography with custom white balance will give you different results with different settings. This is due to the fact that there are many different light there e.g. tungsten, flourescent, street lights etc.

Yap, agree with jbma on this point. The different white balance setting can bring out a different feel for each shot.

[etegration]

Originally Posted by Francis247 This is a tough call, but I think that Direct Sunlight is very close to the original scene colouration.

oh my, this is a good post, i ought to try this out on my 350D tomorrow night, will report back with pics, let's compare the 350D and francis's D70s. i often wonder what's the difference but have not really bother till i see this. thanks for making me curious enuff francis. haha

[ernest_ted]

kind of like the fluorescent effect

[mmmrsia]

francis, thanks for the effort...

[simon80]

i actually light tunsten effect
tks for sharing

[xtn32]

Originally Posted by etegration oh my, this is a good post, i ought to try this out on my 350D tomorrow night, will report back with pics, let's compare the 350D and francis's D70s. i often wonder what's the difference but have not really bother till i see this. thanks for making me curious enuff francis. haha

too bad i can't join you dude . . . maybe next week, hee

[Francis247]

Originally Posted by etegration oh my, this is a good post, i ought to try this out on my 350D tomorrow night, will report back with pics, let's compare the 350D and francis's D70s. i often wonder what's the difference but have not really bother till i see this. thanks for making me curious enuff francis. haha

Hi etegration,

Thanks. The difference White Balance setting will give night photography a different feel. Hope to see your pictures soon. Cheerz.

[Francis247]

Originally Posted by ernest_ted kind of like the fluorescent effect

Hi ernest,

Thanks. I think the red tint using the fluorescent White Balance looks rather interesting, but I actually prefer tungsten because the blue give it a cool feeling.

[Francis247]

Originally Posted by mmmrsia francis, thanks for the effort...

Hi Mike,

You are welcome. This is the effect that I was trying to discuss about during the Night Outing. The different White Balance setting will give the picture a different feel. Do feel free to experiment with it more. Cheerz.

[Francis247]

Originally Posted by simon80 i actually light tunsten effect tks for sharing

Hi Simon,

Thanks. My favourite is also Tungsten White Balance too. Do try out the different WB effects for Night Photography. Alternatively is to shoot in RAW and tweak the WB later using the software.

[etegration]

Originally Posted by xtn32 too bad i can't join you dude . . . maybe next week, hee

no prob. here's mine.

all using F13, shutter 8 secs, ISO100 and respective white balance settings.

AWB


Tungsten


Daylight

[etegration]

Flash


Shade


Cloudy

[etegration]

i just had to mention this, if any of you going there to take the same shots from my location, you'll notice some russian words on some white board like under construction, me and a friend where there to take the above shots and suddenly, the tree started "raining". yep, no typo but water was pouring from the tree. it's quite dark up in the trees but some ang mo then came taking photos like they expected it, we tried looking for water pipes going up the tree, maybe it too well hidden but we see nothing. ang mo shone lights up there some more, can see nothing but water coming out what seems to be the bark of the tree. there's even chinese words right in front of the covers surrounding the trees that reads "a miricle is going to happen", a small crane is in front with a lamp post broken into half and red tape all over the place. i wonder what the hell is going on...the ang mo doesn't seem to be speaking in english, we left after a while when the rain stopped.

maybe some hoax.

[Francis247]

Hi etegration,

Thanks for sharing your finding.
It seems that Auto White Balance is very close as Daylight and Flash.
Interesting finding. Thanks for the effort.

[Cheesecake]

Originally Posted by etegration i just had to mention this, if any of you going there to take the same shots from my location, you'll notice some russian words on some white board like under construction, me and a friend where there to take the above shots and suddenly, the tree started "raining". yep, no typo but water was pouring from the tree. it's quite dark up in the trees but some ang mo then came taking photos like they expected it, we tried looking for water pipes going up the tree, maybe it too well hidden but we see nothing. ang mo shone lights up there some more, can see nothing but water coming out what seems to be the bark of the tree. there's even chinese words right in front of the covers surrounding the trees that reads "a miricle is going to happen", a small crane is in front with a lamp post broken into half and red tape all over the place. i wonder what the hell is going on...the ang mo doesn't seem to be speaking in english, we left after a while when the rain stopped. maybe some hoax.

installation art.