Yellow Tint?

Mark1123

I've been getting a yellowish cast on a lot of my pictures that I take in direct sunlight. I went to Natural Bridge State Park today and took almost 100 pictures. Most of them have the same yellow tint to them. I shoot in RAW but I'm still having a hard time getting the yellow out. Any suggestions?


Date Taken 2009-08-01 17:38:11
Camera NIKON D300
Exposure Time 0.001s (1/1000)
Aperture f/3.5
ISO 200
Focal Length 18mm (27mm in 35mm)
Photo Dimensions 4320 x 2868
File Name Natural Bridge_005 600w.jpg
File Size 2.74 MB


I'm not crazy about this particular picture, but it's a good example of what I'm seeing.

Thanks,
Mark

W.W. Webster

Mark1123 wrote:

Most of them have the same yellow tint to them. I shoot in RAW but I'm still having a hard time getting the yellow out. Any suggestions?

I think it's likely be a white balance issue that is quite usual, and that you can correct in post-production.

pwp

I agree that it is probably an easily fixed WB issue. Try playing with your WB settings in camera, as well as in post. Also, if it were me, I'd probably use a smaller aperture, to avoid blowing the sky and other highlights. Remember your Sunny 16 rule!

cmason

get a whitebalance card, and shoot a pic of it on location. When you process your RAW, simply do a whitebalance on the card, then copy this whitebalance setting to all your shots at that location.

You can also use the whitebalance shot to set custom whitebalance in your camera, but I find this not flexible enough for changing light conditions, I would rather take a new whitebalance reference shot and handle in post processing.

I can recommend:

WhitBal: http://www.rawworkflow.com/whibal/

Photovision: http://www.photovisionvideo.com/store/CTGY/DCT/

Mark1123

Thanks to everyone for the tips...and introducing me to the Sunny 16 rule!

Mark