Post your sunset shots
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Takezo Kenzei
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That's an incredible shot. Thanks.
Last weekend a front was moving through and I thought the sunset would be great, but the front was lagging so I blew off trying to capture it. I had stuff on the stove and went outside and saw this. I just grabbed the camera and took a few shots in the road in front of my house to remind myself at a later time how much I had screwed up. It was one of the most incredible sunset I had ever seen. Thankfully, I think the pic looks pretty cool with the houses silhouetted. Enjoy.
And, just for the record, what white balance did you select?
Guess you are shooting in JPEG and not RAW.
If you shoot in RAW you can change the white balance in post processing.
Nice shot by the way.
I am not so sure that is so, but i usually have my white balance set to cloudy.
Shooting in Raw it makes absolutely no difference. It is even better to just set it to automatic WB shooting RAW, then fix if needed in PP using the eyedrop tool or other methods that you prefer.
Joy R
Senior Member
@RON, Blacktop:
it does Ron, you already set your camera in Manual white balance. Cloudy
but not with Auto
when shoot sky with sun, i never had this color with white balance set in auto. there is not much i can do with white balance in post processing unless i bring up heavy saturation. or change the temperature and the tint.
but with manual white balance set during the shots, i don't need to do anything at all. that picture above, i just play around in brightness and shadow in ViewNX. that's it. no saturation. the color comes out amazingly. i don't even need lightroom
i always shoot in RAW
it does Ron, you already set your camera in Manual white balance. Cloudy
but not with Auto
when shoot sky with sun, i never had this color with white balance set in auto. there is not much i can do with white balance in post processing unless i bring up heavy saturation. or change the temperature and the tint.
but with manual white balance set during the shots, i don't need to do anything at all. that picture above, i just play around in brightness and shadow in ViewNX. that's it. no saturation. the color comes out amazingly. i don't even need lightroom
i always shoot in RAW
I shoot in raw as well and I have to agree with you. I just shoot a series of photos using every wb icon on my dial and each photo is different, ranging from cool to extra warm.@RON, Blacktop:
it does Ron, you already set your camera in Manual white balance. Cloudy
but not with Auto
when shoot sky with sun, i never had this color with white balance set in auto. there is not much i can do with white balance in post processing unless i bring up heavy saturation. or change the temperature and the tint.
but with manual white balance set during the shots, i don't need to do anything at all. that picture above, i just play around in brightness and shadow in ViewNX. that's it. no saturation. the color comes out amazingly. i don't even need lightroom
i always shoot in RAW
