Timeline for Why does using a white-balance card make my images way too warm?
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| Feb 6, 2019 at 7:09 | answer | added | xiota | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 6, 2016 at 10:56 | comment | added | Steve Ives | If you are setting WB off the card under ambient lighting, and then shooting with flash, the WB will be off. You need to set the WB from the card under the same lighting that you take your shot. | |
| Aug 6, 2016 at 1:22 | comment | added | MirekE | What kind of white balance chart kit is that? Reputable product or not? If you shoot with flashes with known temperature, could you just set the WB manually? | |
| Aug 6, 2016 at 1:01 | comment | added | Rafael | Can you post an image of the card, probably with some common white objects arround, a sheet of paper perhaphs? | |
| Aug 5, 2016 at 22:23 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Aug 5, 2016 at 22:07 | history | edited | inkista | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Restated title as what I think is the question; added K to numbers; capitalization/punctuation/typo tweaks.
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| Aug 5, 2016 at 17:17 | comment | added | Caleb | A color temperature of 8000°K would be cool compared to 5500°K -- the higher the temperature, the further you get into the blue end of the spectrum. A warm temperature would be more like the yellowish-orange light of Tungsten lights at 3200°K. | |
| Aug 5, 2016 at 14:08 | comment | added | junkyardsparkle | Also consider the possibility that the gray card is intended for metering purposes rather than white balancing (unless it's indicated otherwise). | |
| Aug 5, 2016 at 13:22 | comment | added | Michael C | Also let us know how your monitor has been calibrated/profiled. | |
| Aug 5, 2016 at 10:59 | comment | added | EightBitTony | .. and then how do you use Lightroom. i.e. can you describe the steps you're following before the shoot, during the shoot, and after the shoot. | |
| Aug 5, 2016 at 7:49 | comment | added | null | How do you use the card? | |
| Aug 5, 2016 at 7:43 | history | asked | JoshDell | CC BY-SA 3.0 |