Outdoor White Balance?

pmpworks

pmpworks

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Should I even bother white balancing outdoors, it seems like everytime I do everything turns redish brown. Here's an example of what I mean. First clips are auto 5600, last one was manual (used truck in driveway). Should I set the white balance on something in direct sun light? Or am I just wasting my time? Thanks
Patrick
 
I've never had a problem when manually whitebalancing using a proper whitebalance target (a Lastolite collapsible WB target in my case), using the actual light that I'm shooting in.

What you did was to WB using an automobile paint that probably has an excess amount of blue in it rather than being neutral. Furthermore, you did it in the shade and then shot something in the setting winter sun. I'm not surprised by the results you got.
 
5600k is a fairly average temp of daylight. It can vary greatly depending on the position of the sun and the conditions of the sky, ie. clouds. If you really want to get as close as possible to the colors you see, then you need to white balance with a pure white card, held in the light you will be shooting in. As Thoff has pointed out your truck is probably not pure white and it was in the shade.
 
What sort of stabilizer are you using?
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homebuilt steadicam (built a lowmode cage for it today and was testing it out)

Thanks THoff and ozduc, I'll get a white card and try it again tomorrow.
 
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