Shooting in Snow
Dec 3, 2014 17:31:06 #
If I shoot raw in the snow and the white balance is wrong can it then be fixed in Photoshop CC2014 or Light Room 5?
zuzanne
zuzanne
Dec 3, 2014 17:33:59 #
Dec 3, 2014 18:02:38 #
mtparker wrote:
YES - Raw or JPG can be fixed in ACR.
RAW yes.
You can't directly change white balance for jpegs in Lightroom...but you can adjust the temperature which is the same thing. Some create presets to do it.
Your main issue in shooting images dominated by snow is exposure; not white balance. Non-intuitively you need to INCREASE the exposure to get the snow white. Otherwise your meter will expose to make it gray. Usually 1 to 1.5 EV is good.
Alternatively you can spot meter on something not white in your image.
You may know this but many confuse it: spot metering differs from spot focusing.
Dec 3, 2014 18:40:26 #
Dec 3, 2014 21:34:14 #
Dec 3, 2014 22:08:24 #
Shooting raw in the snow...
Now that just makes me shiver!
But I can say that I haven't been cold since I moved back from Wyoming.
Now that just makes me shiver!
But I can say that I haven't been cold since I moved back from Wyoming.
Dec 4, 2014 06:10:49 #
zuzanne wrote:
If I shoot raw in the snow and the white balance is wrong can it then be fixed in Photoshop CC2014 or Light Room 5?
zuzanne
zuzanne
If you first shoot a gray card, or similar, you can use that to get a quick adjustment.
http://michaeltapesdesign.com/whibal.html
http://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=white+balance+card+review
Dec 4, 2014 06:11:21 #
Here is a great trick if you shoot in jpeg & want to use Lightroom to adjust white balance.
Take any picture in raw & go to white balnce & run the WB in all situations & save each time as a preset.
Now if you have a jpeg image & want to adjust WB simply go to preset & apply. Works great.
Take any picture in raw & go to white balnce & run the WB in all situations & save each time as a preset.
Now if you have a jpeg image & want to adjust WB simply go to preset & apply. Works great.
Dec 4, 2014 07:17:57 #
zuzanne wrote:
If I shoot raw in the snow and the white balance is wrong can it then be fixed in Photoshop CC2014 or Light Room 5?
zuzanne
zuzanne
When shooting snow scenes I expose in manual mode about one stop over my center-weighted meter reading and then adjust color temp in Lightroom.
Dec 4, 2014 08:20:27 #
zuzanne wrote:
If I shoot raw in the snow and the white balance is wrong can it then be fixed in Photoshop CC2014 or Light Room 5?
zuzanne
zuzanne
Yes but please get it right in camera.
Do a custom white balance before shooting and get a good exposure before shooting.
If you want my opinion on setting your exposure (before you get 20 conflicting ways to do it and different conflicting amounts to "overexpose" )
Meter off of a grey card or your palm in the same light that you are shooting in and set your camera manually for that exposure.
As long as the light doesn't change (it goes from sunny to overcast) then you are good to go, no reason to chimp exposure.
Dec 4, 2014 09:11:03 #
MtnMan wrote:
RAW yes. br br You can't directly change white b... (show quote)
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Dec 4, 2014 11:10:17 #
Thank you all for your help. I hope to get it right in the camera but since I've never shot in snow before was hoping it could be corrected in PP if I get it wrong in the camera.
zuzanne
zuzanne
Dec 4, 2014 18:32:57 #
zuzanne wrote:
If I shoot raw in the snow and the white balance is wrong can it then be fixed in Photoshop CC2014 or Light Room 5?
zuzanne
zuzanne
Yes, but shooting raw will give you the most options and better result. I would not waste my time shooting jpegs - the results will rarely be as good.
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