Originally Posted by Daniel Browning
Daniel,
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=485349
Is there any validity to this one. Like that poster, I'm lazy too.
If your taking about the green cast white balance for accurate raw histograms, I tried, but just couldn't get use to it. Most of the time, under normal conditions I shoot 40D at +.3ev and the 5D no-comp. I use center weighted alot but find that evaluative works best most of the time on my 5D. I try to set custom WB based on conditions and shoot with "K" selected WB. I find that 5000K is a great place to park!! I try to shoot "to the right" in high ISO and that works pretty good.
The biggest thing that I keep messing up on is forgetting to shoot a white/gray card at the beginning of session. Man, I could save myself hours of post time if I'd just remember that one silly little thing. If I could get in the habit I'd spend 70.00 on a Gretag color chart and use that as well!
And this is good advise to the OP to practice doing when shooting flowers, etc. I suspect 4600 Kelvin is just a bit cool for that scene. A white/gray card could have really helped there. We would all have a better idea of what color those red flowers really are!!
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