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johnebaker wrote on 1/16/2015, 8:20 AM

Hi Anirban

The problem is caused by the White balance setting - I would suspect it was on Auto, in combination with the time the image was taken.

The colour suggests to me that the sun was on or just below the horizon and the scene has lost all the red colouration normally associated with sunsets, giving the yellow colouration.

To get the saturated reds of sunset try setting the White balance to manual and a colour temperature of 5500K or higher (Outdoor/Sunny) and shoot while the sun is still above the horizon but the sky is starting to darken.

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Here is an example of the intense reds you can get when you do this

This is as shot in the camera

HTH

John

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nirvanray wrote on 1/17/2015, 1:52 AM

Thanks John once again for your help. You really have been a good teacher. 

Regards.

nirvanray wrote on 1/21/2015, 2:49 AM

Dear John, 

Thanks for the advice. Yes it helped. It was a cloudy evening and kept the WB to cloudy. Hope this is fine.Please  advice. 

Regards.

 

johnebaker wrote on 1/21/2015, 8:04 AM

Hi Anirban

The picture looks good to me - the colours are more natural (warm) as you would expect to see in the evening.

Your camera has the ability to shoot still images with Bracketing - this is normally set for different exposure levels, however IIRC on your camera you can also set so that Bracketing can be assigned to the Colour balance ie the camera will takes several pictures at different colour temperature settings - check your cameras manual - you can then see which settings suit different scenes the best 

Alternatively take several images at different colour balance settings under various conditions and note the effects the different settings have.

I used to keep a small notebook with typical settings for different situations until I could remember typical settings for most of the common scenes.

HTH

John

 

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nirvanray wrote on 1/21/2015, 8:18 AM

Thanks John for your kind reviews once again.
However some more questions. Sorry.
• Do you mean HDR images by Bracketing? Doest HDR give a sort of surrleaim look?
• Finally one idea clicked: If I shoot many images in various WB and overlap and edit by MAGIX will the effect be like HDR?
• How do I know the best WB (other than the white sheet) ?
Regards.

Anirban