| Custom White Balance using ExpoDisc |
Today I shot the Wreaths Across America Day event at Roswell Presbyterian Cemetery.
While shooting this, I realized many folks assume those presets for white balance will give good enough results. Well, sometimes they do. They will put you in the ballpark for each type of situation.
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| Auto White Balance |
Now you may be satisfied with Auto White Balance. The point here is that it is different from the custom white balance above.
It was raining, and they didn’t have a rainy preset.
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| Cloudy Preset |
While the cloudy preset is closer, I think it is slightly too orange.
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| Daylight Preset |
Even the Daylight preset is different.
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| Shade Preset |
I think the Shade Preset is the closest, but still some minor differences.
The latest version of ExpoDisc 2.0 comes with warming filters. They are slightly a cyan color of different densities to let you pick how much you want to warm up your image. So without them, you get a pure 18% grey; by adding these, you warm up the photo.
You just put the warming gel in the front of the ExpoDisc and then take your reading. This way, you can keep consistent warming to all your photos.
So what should you do? I would advise always doing custom. You can always change it later using Adobe Lightroom if you shot it RAW.
To the left, here is the pull-down menu available to you in Adobe Lightroom if you shot it RAW. Again, these are very similar to the presets on your camera.
Sometimes the perfect custom white balance maybe not be your preference in the end.
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