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CHAPTER
NIGHT AND LOW-LIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY / Digital Postproduction

Adjusting white balance in Lightroom

Adjusting the white balance of an image in

Lightroom is really simple. What’s more, you can

adjust the white balance of any image file type in

Lightroom, including RAW files, JPEG files, and

TIFF files. Lightroom doesn’t actually care what

file type it is. The only difference is that when

you edit the white balance on RAW files, you get

a few more preset options.

nice clear sky I was expecting, I ended up with
an overcast evening. When editing the image, I
started to really play with the white balance and
ended up cooling down the temperature and
increasing the magenta, thus creating a purple
night, as you can see in Figure 11-10. You may
find that just about every image you take at
night or in low light needs to have the white
balance adjusted; how realistically or artistically
is up to you.

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ABOUT THIS FIGURE Using the eyedropper to pick the neutral point in the clouds rendered the scene closer to the actual colors.