tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19035680.post1782058572891995171..comments2024-03-29T17:37:29.599+08:00Comments on ROBIN WONG : The Problem with White BalanceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19035680.post-15637752390350126422016-08-15T19:05:37.470+08:002016-08-15T19:05:37.470+08:00Hi, is there any way to manually set the white bal...Hi, is there any way to manually set the white balance the way you do with Canon DSLR camera? Like taking a photo of white surface (or using WB card or WB cap), then set it as the baseline for custom WB. In most case (outdoor), the camera auto WB works well, but sometimes it did fail to capture the 'natural' color, especially in a shot with difficult lighting. Btw, I use OMD EM-10 Mk.II, which is a wonderful little camera.<br />Thanks. RedRackhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00362590206458982385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19035680.post-9824887420967351382016-03-22T14:26:08.267+08:002016-03-22T14:26:08.267+08:00I think mimicking popular posts on other blogs is ...I think mimicking popular posts on other blogs is one of the best ways to get a good idea which will be popular.Such a lovely blog you have shared here with us. Really nice.<br />-------------------<br /><a href="http://whitecardqldau.com.au" rel="nofollow">White card qld</a> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08647786966010102353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19035680.post-25435278814572450092015-08-02T21:26:55.246+08:002015-08-02T21:26:55.246+08:00Scott Kelby said something very interesting about ...Scott Kelby said something very interesting about white balance in his excellent "Crush the composition" class. There are a few situations, like product photos where white balance MUST be absolutely correct, but in all other situations, white balance is a creative choice. I think he is absolutely right. To me, white balance is often not at all about accuracy but about how I want a picture to look. If I like a picture better when setting white balance to "Tungsten", that's what I'll use, if I prefer "Shadow" I'll use that. I'll also admit to using a few cheap tricks to produce photography clichés, like setting white balance to "shadow" or "cloudy", to produce an overcooked, glowing sunset.<br /><br />Also, white balance is one of my main reasons why I always shoot RAW. a SOOC JPEG with horrible white balance is a ruined picture. I remember a JPEG I took with my TG-1 (it has no RAW support) and that came out with the sky all green. I could get that sky look purple or green, but I couldn't make it blue. As soon as the TG-4 (which has RAW support) was announced, I ordered one.<br /><br />I know you use Olympus Capture but Adobe Lightroom has a great one click white balance that I find very useful for playing with white balance. Maybe Olympus Capture has some similar feature. Just click on something in the picture that you know is grey and Lightroom will adjust white balance so that thing will be grey. But lightroom doesn't stop me from doing silly things. If I click something that is very clearly NOT white, black or grey, Lightroom will anyway try to make whatever I clicked grey. The results can be very "interesting", but also useful. It can actually restore some rather natural looking colours from pictures taken under sodium lights.<br /><br />But most importantly: White balance is a creative choice!Rasmushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10244672384884130102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19035680.post-60563437737533904202015-07-05T17:34:24.321+08:002015-07-05T17:34:24.321+08:00NIce touch on the topic. To me, the 'perfect&#...NIce touch on the topic. To me, the 'perfect' white balance tends to take away the mood of the scene, so I always skew it a little in the post processing to retain the mood that i want to portray during post processing.ericwuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01042361441968745003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19035680.post-9415353242520399222015-07-03T22:55:17.593+08:002015-07-03T22:55:17.593+08:00Hi, there!!! I am using both Olympus (an E520 one)...Hi, there!!! I am using both Olympus (an E520 one) and Panasonic (G5) cameras mainly for nature photography. This including landscapes, macro of insects and flowers and close-ups but also bird portraits. I am using the in-camera settings for different types of lightning as I told you in a previous post. I don't tend to modify too often the presets as I like a lot the resulting colors. In my opinion, the colors are better rendered by Olympus under the Cloudy preset while the Panasonic excels in the Day Light one. I don't have too much experience in human portraits as I don't shoot very often ones. I think that is very difficult to play with colors in the nature photography because the results can be very different from the reality which is not very suitable, at least in my vision. Thank you!!!Mirceahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01633768381033923735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19035680.post-60980219552530249922015-07-03T14:52:08.222+08:002015-07-03T14:52:08.222+08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Aushikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11678753367840875710noreply@blogger.com