DSLR White Balance

[jolson10]

I am new to the DSLR cameras, but I recently purchased a d5500 by nikon. The pictures seem to be very clear, but my colors are not right. Can anyone advise me on how to set white balance for aquarium pics, or do you edit RAW on a pc? Any help is appreciated, thanks!

 

[brad]

I've never been able to get color right without work. Shoot raw, play around, you might have to use photoshop. I have one Acro that never looks right now matter what. Not easy, good luck.

 

[Happyschneider]

I'm not familiar with Nikon in particular. But normally, you can set the white balance on the camera. You could have a few go's with these settings if you want.

The other possibility would be to use a grey card. This is a card with a specific grey composition. You put it in your tank (make sure it is safe) and then take a photo. Your software then will be able to get an idea how to compensate to make that grey truly look the way it should. Depending on your lights, this correction may be different in different places of your tank.

In the end you will not get around of playing with raw. I think, from my limited experience, that the lights in our tanks throw off the auto white balance.

What always helps is to reduce the amount of blue light for taking pictures, if you can.

 

[jolson10]

I'm not familiar with Nikon in particular. But normally, you can set the white balance on the camera. You could have a few go's with these settings if you want.

The other possibility would be to use a grey card. This is a card with a specific grey composition. You put it in your tank (make sure it is safe) and then take a photo. Your software then will be able to get an idea how to compensate to make that grey truly look the way it should. Depending on your lights, this correction may be different in different places of your tank.

In the end you will not get around of playing with raw. I think, from my limited experience, that the lights in our tanks throw off the auto white balance.

What always helps is to reduce the amount of blue light for taking pictures, if you can.

Thanks! I was wondering if you could put card in water to balance colors. I'll try to dim blue as well.

 

[drewquan]

You could also set the white balance with a piece of PVC pipe. The pipe would be much easier than trying to use a card in the water.Just an idea.

 

[drummerboyevil]

I've never been able to get the white balance to work right on my canon. I've had way more success shooting raw and using Lightroom to adjust color temp.


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