TSC - White Balance

Blue Petunias

These are my petunias. I thought they were pretty nice how they were, but by changing the white balance setting from "cloudy" to "incandescent" (tungsten) they change from purple to blue. Now I like them better this way.

You can see their real color in the note.

ColRam, Cheryl Kelly (cher12861 on flickr), Bruno Suignard, and 27 other people have particularly liked this photo

43 comments - The latest ones

PhLB - Luc Boonen ^club

i like your result, fine blue tones here

9 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club has replied to PhLB - Luc Boonen ^club

Thanks Luc. I was surprised they turned blue Luc, but I liked it. I will be playing around with this now.

9 years ago. Edited 9 years ago.

Dida From Augsburg ^club

Great to see the difference, beautiful result - I like the cool blue tones!

9 years ago.

Chrissy ^club

das Blau ist ganz wundervoll

9 years ago.

Amazingstoker

nice, the colour change definitely works well here, the blue goes great against the green

9 years ago.

Jan

Excellent result Karen - Gives them a WOW !!. Such a vibrant image!

9 years ago.

Valfal ^club

I love the use of tungsten white balance on this image, Karen! The petunias are such a beautiful shade of blue! :-))

9 years ago.

Coco

Lovely shades. I like them in both colors but it's really interesting how the grass turns a bluish too but if you didn't have it to compare with the original, it might look natural.

9 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club has replied to Coco

I agree Cordia. I actually prefer this color of the foliage. There's a whole different plant in this white setting! ;)

9 years ago.

H C

Beautiful shot and the blue is really fantastic.

9 years ago.

LutzP ^club

...another very interesting one, Karen. Great reult. Greets Lutz

9 years ago.

Valfal ^club

Congrats on Explore Front Page, Karen :-)

9 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club has replied to Valfal ^club

Thanks Val!

9 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club

Thank you everyone for your nice and thoughtful comments!! :) I'm glad you all enjoyed the petunias. I only wish you could smell them too. They smell so good.

9 years ago. Edited 9 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club

Thank you Kenny.

9 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club

To photograph blue flowers is often a challenge indeed! Most often the auto white balance on camera gives something completely different than seen with the eyes. So, it is definitely a good idea to try some other white balance settings, or measure it from a white/gray card.

9 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club has replied to Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club

I always wondered why I couldn't get good pictures of lobelia. Now I realize it was all in the white settings. Pretty cool. Thanks Sami.

9 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club has replied to Karen's Place ^club

I found this rather useful article: wickeddarkphotography.com/2012/03/25/the-color-purple-and-the-digital-camera

9 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club has replied to Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club

Thanks Sami. That was good!

9 years ago.

Gillian Everett ^club

Gorgeous blues and the greens are a beautiful contrast :-)

9 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club has replied to Gillian Everett ^club

Thanks Gillian. I thought so too. I'm really liking that green.

9 years ago.

Dave Hilditch

Lovely vibrant colour!

9 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club has replied to Dave Hilditch

Thank you Dave. :)

9 years ago.

Ecobird ^club

Love the rich vibrant colour. Both versions are lovely but I really like the blue. Congrats on Explore

9 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club has replied to Ecobird ^club

Thank you Carol. :)

9 years ago.

Wierd Folkersma ^club

beautiful result

9 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club has replied to Wierd Folkersma ^club

Glad you like it Wierd.

9 years ago.

Esther ^club

I like this version better as well. They really stand out.

9 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club has replied to Esther ^club

Thanks Esther.

9 years ago.

Jan

Me again! Remarkable image. Just chatting about how this cam improve the picture or make it more dramatic. Was the note a good representTion of what your eye saw?

9 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club has replied to Jan

Thanks Jan. Yes, the purple photo is what they actually look like (on my monitor anyway.) Glad you like the photo!

9 years ago.

Treasa Ui Cionaodha

Congratulations on Explore Frontpage Well deserved for this beautiful floral image. Regards Tess.

9 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club has replied to Treasa Ui Cionaodha

Thanks so much Tess!

9 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club

Merci Marco. :)

9 years ago.

Indycaver (Norm) ^club

Wonderfully done Karen! Love it!

9 years ago.

cammino ^club

Sehr schön gemacht.

9 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club has replied to cammino ^club

Thank you!

9 years ago.

Diederik Santema ^club

That's a beautiful royal blue!

9 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club has replied to Diederik Santema ^club

Thanks Diederik.

9 years ago.

homaris ^club

M'encanta!

9 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club has replied to homaris ^club

Thank you homaris.

9 years ago.

Cheryl Kelly (cher12…

So beautiful! Love your nature photos!

8 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club has replied to Cheryl Kelly (cher12…

Thank you, Cheryl. :)

8 years ago.

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