Photography: White Balance

This article on colour balance is very useful - I'm only now getting a grip on white colour balance and how to increase the saturation of photos in-camera rather than in post-production.

Simple rule: Colour temperature at noon on a fine day is about 5500K. To add more red to an image move your colour balance towards shade, ie. 7000K - the camera thinks the colour temperature is cooler, so it adds more red. To add more blue, move your white balance towards sunrise/sunset, ie. 3500K ie. camera thinks the colour temperature is hotter, so adds more blue to compensate.

Back the front, but makes sense :-) Experimentation is the key.

/photos | 24 Jan 2006 | #

Planet LCA2006 RSS feed now available!

Due to popular demand, Planet LCA2006 is now even better - an RSS 2.0 feed is now available for your sucking pleasure!

/tech/linux-australia/lca2006 | 24 Jan 2006 | #

LCA2006 Blogging

Are you blogging LCA2006 in Dunedin, NZ?

If so, you'll be pleased to know that Planet LCA2006 is now available for you to read and contribute to.

If you want your feed added, just send email to planet@lca2006.linux.org.au and we'll add you in a jiffy.

And BTW, you must attend the conference opening - Mike Beattie has some surprises to announce that are related :-)

/tech/linux-australia/lca2006 | 24 Jan 2006 | #