Fireworks : which white balance??

[rachi]

I'll shoot fireworks, in the night, over a lake.

Whick white balance should i use? Auto....? It's not sunny, not tungsten....

Fluorescent maybe? Or should keep auto?

 

[Ido Scharf]

Do you shoot raw or JPEG? If you haven't already experimented with raw, try shooting it with Raw + JPEG enabled, and keep the white balance on Auto. You can easily adjust the white balance of the raw file in any raw converter, including the free one supplied by your camera's manufacturer.

 

[rachi]

mmmm.. ok, actually good idea!

 

[hotdog321]

You've already got your "shoot raw" answer, which is best. Fireworks are basically "fire," naturally warmer than tungsten until chemicals are added. Color balancing non-chemical fire and fireworks to a neutral balance is apt to look pretty disappointing.

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[Howard Moftich]

other than raw, I had read something in the past about setting WB to around 3500

 

[AlbertTheLazy]

You've already got your "shoot raw" answer, which is best. Fireworks are basically "fire," naturally warmer than tungsten until chemicals are added. Color balancing non-chemical fire and fireworks to a neutral balance is apt to look pretty disappointing.

So if you want/need some JPEGs quickly as well as shooting raw for later processing I'd suggest trying Daylight or Tungsten balance with a quick chimp at the first couple of shots.

 

[CptAmerica]

I'll shoot fireworks, in the night, over a lake.

Whick white balance should i use? Auto....? It's not sunny, not tungsten....

Fluorescent maybe? Or should keep auto?

Here are mine from this last 4th.

(EDIT nope.. I misremembered. These were at aprox. 3500k, -5)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/43713360@N03/sets/72157670681224695

 

[Leon Wittwer]

I found that daylight seemed to work well. If you shoot raw, you can experiment. Don't forget to remember what you saw.

 

[mostlyboringphotog]

I'll shoot fireworks, in the night, over a lake.

Whick white balance should i use? Auto....? It's not sunny, not tungsten....

Fluorescent maybe? Or should keep auto?

I think most newer cameras have fireworks scene mode ;-) :-D

Shoot raw and Good luck!

 

[rachi]

Ehm my camera (Canon G7X) doesn't have white balance "fireworks".

Anyway, thanks everybody, usually i'm jpeg, i'll try raw and check it out.

 

[digidog]

Ehm my camera (Canon G7X) doesn't have white balance "fireworks".

Anyway, thanks everybody, usually i'm jpeg, i'll try raw and check it out.

Shoot raw, then it doesn't matter and you can apply any WB setting you desire visually later on a much better display! FWIW, I only shoot raw, keep WB to auto, which only affects the LCD preview.

 

[Klaus dk]

Ehm my camera (Canon G7X) doesn't have white balance "fireworks".

Anyway, thanks everybody, usually i'm jpeg, i'll try raw and check it out.

There's a fireworks scene mode.

 

[rachi]

You're right.... I never use scene mode, usually M or T or Av... My fault.

anyway thanks all for the advices

 

[Happy Dragon Photography]

I shoot them in the flash WB setting, and it usually works out fine. I do shoot raw so I can fix it later if I need to, but I like the results I get with the flash setting.

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