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portrait shots taken in shade look more natural.All digital cameras have an auto white balance setting that analyses the colors in a scene
and neutralises them automatically
Mostly it does a very good job, though there are occasions when you need to override the auto white balance setting and choose a setting
yourself.One instance is where the color of the light is an intrinsic part of the picture, like the warm colors of a sunset, or the cool
blue light of an early dawn
automatic white balance adjustments from one shot to the next.Manual white balance presetsThis is why cameras also offer manual white
balance presets that you can choose to match the conditions, to maintain consistency of color between shots or to force the camera to give
you a very specific color rendition
to dusk in landscape photography without trying to correct them.Alternatively, indoors or in a studio you might take a custom white balance
setting from a grey card or some other neutral toned subject so that the color has a consistent neutral look across all the pictures you
Kelvin.For example, daylight is reckoned to have a color temperature of around 5200-5500 degrees Kelvin, artificial tungsten light is around
2400-2600 degrees Kelvin, while open shade under a blue sky can be as high as 7500-9500 degrees Kelvin
Regular color temperature is measured on a red/yellow/white/blue spectrum, while tint is an added variation along a green/magenta spectrum
but if you shoot raw files rather than JPEGs, you can choose it later when you edit your images
with the data it can be used or ignored later when you process the image.Even if you shoot raw files, selecting an appropriate white balance
