White balance at night?

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Hi all!
If I shoot at night (Xmas lights, etc), how should I set the white balance,
please? Auto? Tungsten lights?
Thanks,
Marcel

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I was just wondering the exact same thing. I shot my house last night,
and I have it lightly decorated in red and crimson. It didn't look
right at all -- I had to tinker with the shades in Photoshop to get it
close.

It didn't occur to me until later that everything's incandescent, so
maybe if I shoot again in Tungsten it might look correct.

http://www.cycleorings.com/redness.JPG

RB

Marcel wrote:
> Hi all!
> If I shoot at night (Xmas lights, etc), how should I set the white balance,
> please? Auto? Tungsten lights?
> Thanks,
> Marcel
>

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Robert Barr <sallydog716-d1@yahoo.com> wrote in news:MA3td.2371$nE7.1408
@newssvr17.news.prodigy.com:

> It didn't occur to me until later that everything's incandescent, so
> maybe if I shoot again in Tungsten it might look correct.

If your camera supports RAW, be sure to always shoot in this mode. You can
shift the color balance between presets at any time after you shoot this
way, saving a lot of hassle.

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Thank you all!
I'll have a number of things to try.
Marcel

"Marcel" <cosmar@rogers.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all!
> If I shoot at night (Xmas lights, etc), how should I set the white
balance,
> please? Auto? Tungsten lights?
> Thanks,
> Marcel
>
> --
>
>

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I would shoot in Raw and post process for colour balance. Nothing is going
to be perfect as there will be several different colour temps in most shots.

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"Marcel" <cosmar@rogers.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all!
> If I shoot at night (Xmas lights, etc), how should I set the white
balance,
> please? Auto? Tungsten lights?
> Thanks,
> Marcel
>
> --
>
>

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"Marcel" <cosmar@rogers.com> writes:

> Hi all!
> If I shoot at night (Xmas lights, etc), how should I set the white balance,
> please? Auto? Tungsten lights?

Ideally, shoot raw, and worry about it later. That's a challenging
brightness range, and having everything you can to take home to work
with is important.

If that's not feasible for you (camera support, workflow, or you just
don't feel like it), then most of the lights in most night scenes are
tungsten lights, so that's the best choice I think.
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