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<blockquote data-quote="yauman" data-source="post: 255772" data-attributes="member: 15418">Here's the two ways to get the white balance reference if you want to use it.1. Shoot a grey card like I described - make sure the image of the card covers the majority of the image -100% is best. But if you are holding the card, make sure that your own shadow is not over the card.&nbsp; 2. This is the preferred way - get one of those &quot;White Balance Lens Caps&quot;.&nbsp; It's basically a filter with a frosted finish. When you aim it at the subject it's all totally and completely blurred and smeared and you get an overall color cast. Take a picture and that's what you use for reference. Google &quot;white balance cap&quot; and you find them from $50 to $5.&nbsp; Here's a secret - the best one is to just wrap a Mr Coffee coffee filter over your lens, point to the image and take a picture. Best result ever (only Mr Coffee white ones - some people have success with Melita! - but don't use the brown recycle paper ones!)Hope that helps.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="yauman, post: 255772, member: 15418"] Here's the two ways to get the white balance reference if you want to use it. 1. Shoot a grey card like I described - make sure the image of the card covers the majority of the image -100% is best. But if you are holding the card, make sure that your own shadow is not over the card. 2. This is the preferred way - get one of those "White Balance Lens Caps". It's basically a filter with a frosted finish. When you aim it at the subject it's all totally and completely blurred and smeared and you get an overall color cast. Take a picture and that's what you use for reference. Google "white balance cap" and you find them from $50 to $5. Here's a secret - the best one is to just wrap a Mr Coffee coffee filter over your lens, point to the image and take a picture. Best result ever (only Mr Coffee white ones - some people have success with Melita! - but don't use the brown recycle paper ones!) Hope that helps. [/QUOTE]

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