Night shots and sodium lights

Xios

Anyone got any tips on how to make the best of this orange nation at night? since those street lamps are everywhere, i tried just there outside, one or two seemed ok, but they kinda seem off.
So all tips are welcome

Fajitas!

Use a custom white balance to filter the sodium as something else, preferably white, but play about with it - This is something I got from setting the WB off an orangey yellowy red source of light. Without it, this would be completly yellowed out!



Alternativly, shoot in Raw and you can play about with it then!

Zillah

Photoshop can fix colour balance no problem.

Xios

Thanks fajitas, now i just gotta figure out what settings will work best.

Fajitas!

Bring a white sheet of paper with you, and hold it in front of the camera, with the sodium light on it - take a shot, and go to your menu, and select custom white balance, then that shot...

And bob's your uncle!

Xios

haha, that's actually really simple, here i was gona take a load of pictures with different settings and see which one was the best.

Fajitas!

Lol, I'm good for something

Dr.Louis

great photo btw

Morlar

Fajitas! wrote:

Use a custom white balance to filter the sodium as something else, preferably white, but play about with it - This is something I got from setting the WB off an orangey yellowy red source of light. Without it, this would be completly yellowed out!



Alternativly, shoot in Raw and you can play about with it then!

That is a great shot fajitas - really cool looking. Must give that idea a shot sometime.

Fajitas!

It's cross processing for the digital age

Flipflip

I usually try to use a white card, but if you cant, then try shooting in raw and using the Temperature slider in Photoshop afterwards.

Deadly shot Al!