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.
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?
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
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?
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
Sodium (low pressure and high pressure), mercury vapor, halide, and LED lights all exhibit flicker. Really pretty much all modern lighting except incandescent.
Sodium (low pressure and high pressure), mercury vapor, halide, and LED lights all exhibit flicker. Really pretty much all modern lighting except incandescent.
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.
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: