Why such a differnece in color
Apr 22, 2019 20:20:23 #
Would someone explain why these 2 photos taken only moments apart are have such a differnece in color, Metering Mode, or Area metered? or?
Thank you
Thank you
Apr 22, 2019 20:27:18 #
Apr 22, 2019 20:28:48 #
What is your exposure metadata for each of your photos?
Apr 22, 2019 20:29:47 #
Simply look at the white balance setting. The "yellow" image reports manual white balance under control of the photographer. The "white" is auto white balance under control of the camera.
Apr 22, 2019 20:46:06 #
The exposure time was 3 seconds different. From looking at your metadata.
Apr 22, 2019 20:47:22 #
dyximan wrote:
Would someone explain why these 2 photos taken only moments apart are have such a differnece in color, Metering Mode, or Area metered? or?
Thank you
Thank you
The only difference is that the photographer changed the White Balance setting.
Apr 22, 2019 20:54:13 #
dyximan wrote:
Would someone explain why these 2 photos taken only moments apart are have such a differnece in color, Metering Mode, or Area metered? or?
Thank you
Thank you
First image is Auto 0 White Balance, and second is Cloudy White Balance.
Apr 22, 2019 21:16:33 #
Gene51 wrote:
First image is Auto 0 White Balance, and second is Cloudy White Balance.
Ok thank you all for the information, which now leads me to another question, What does the Cloudy white balance do or not do that the Auto 0 does or does not do. would useing a 18% grey card make a differnece in either setting, or do I ust need to learn more about the white balance settings Or More in general?
Apr 22, 2019 21:16:52 #
CaliforniaDreamer wrote:
Looks like auto white balance took effect. What camera are you using?
D500
Apr 22, 2019 21:36:30 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
dyximan wrote:
Would someone explain why these 2 photos taken only moments apart are have such a differnece in color, Metering Mode, or Area metered? or?
Thank you
Thank you
Depending on the type of lights being used on the bridge it could be a white balance flicker issue. The light may just be cycling. Its not something we can easily see by eye, but a camera snapping an image at a single point in the cycle time can capture it. Some modern cameras have an anti flicker feature to reduce that issue. Your D500 has it. Was it on when you took those shots?
Apr 22, 2019 21:42:50 #
mwsilvers wrote:
Depending on the type of lights being used on the bridge it could be a white balance flicker issue. The light may just be cycling. Its not something we can easily see by eye, but a camera snapping an image at a single point in the cycle time can capture it. Some modern cameras have an anti flicker feature to reduce that issue. Your D500 has it. Was it on when you took those shots?
not that I am aware of I will have to investigate this further, I have heard of anti flicker and thought
it related more to flouresent tube lighting, and I wouldnt think the bay bridge would be outfitted with such lights, but more vapor or LCD but if I knew that I would probably have known what I was doing wrong, ust trying to learn each and e everyday, Thank you
Apr 22, 2019 21:59:54 #
larryepage
Loc: North Texas area
Sodium (low pressure and high pressure), mercury vapor, halide, and LED lights all exhibit flicker. Really pretty much all modern lighting except incandescent.
Apr 22, 2019 23:08:39 #
larryepage wrote:
Sodium (low pressure and high pressure), mercury vapor, halide, and LED lights all exhibit flicker. Really pretty much all modern lighting except incandescent.
Good to know ty
Apr 23, 2019 01:41:21 #
mwsilvers wrote:
Depending on the type of lights being used on the bridge it could be a white balance flicker issue. The light may just be cycling. Its not something we can easily see by eye, but a camera snapping an image at a single point in the cycle time can capture it. Some modern cameras have an anti flicker feature to reduce that issue. Your D500 has it. Was it on when you took those shots?
If you read the above posts you will see that the difference in color is because the camera was on two different white balance settings.
Apr 23, 2019 01:54:58 #
dyximan wrote:
Ok thank you all for the information, which now leads me to another question, What does the Cloudy white balance do or not do that the Auto 0 does or does not do?
White balance compensates for the color, or temperature if you prefer, of the ambient light. The result is the changes in color of the subject as evidenced by the images you posted; The first is much warmer the 2nd is much cooler.
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would useing a 18% grey card make a differnece in either setting?
Yes is would make a difference. There are different ways to use a gray card; setting a custom WB prior to shooting or color correction after shooting. But you don't even know what cloudy vs auto WB is about so I recommend you don't worry about grey cards just yet. Study the subject of light color first.
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or do I ust need to learn more about the white balance settings Or More in general?
Yes you need to learn more about white balance and light color and why it matters.
The article at the link below provides a good tutorial:
https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/white-balance.htm
Another good article:
https://photographylife.com/what-is-white-balance-in-photography
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