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I trust that the concept of White Balance

is now clear. To re-cap, it is better to set

your digital camera to the proper WB

rather than leaving it on Auto WB. And

this assumes greater importance if you

are shooting in JPEG. This also lets you

start your editing workflow with one less

parameter to worry about. Remember, it is

easier to add colours (for aesthetic reasons)

but difficult to get rid of wrong colours. Get

into the habit of doing things the right way.

Happy Shooting!

CONCLUSION

Why is this so?

As explained earlier, to counteract the effect of coloured light,

the digital camera uses a virtual filter of the opposite colour

and density. Yellow-ish light (which is actually ‘low’ on the

Kelvin scale) needs a blue filter (which is actually ‘high’ on

the Kelvin scale) to counteract. Hence the camera is designed

to apply the opposite filtration. |SP

Same subject, different White Balance settings

Daylight

Shade

Flourescent

Flash

Tungsten

Cloudy

LEARNING

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