White Balance Issues

[johnStock]

I'm wondering which is the correct white balance? I've edited both slightly (but with the exact same settings). The first is with the shot settings, the second with a daylight setting for white balance.
My problem is I like the girl in the first and the grass in the second...





Thanks,

John

[wulf]

The first one looks warmer, like late afternoon sun. What time of day was it? Also, since this appears to be two versions of an identical shot, are you working on WB in post production from a RAW original?

It certainly makes the girls look healthily tanned although the effect is perhaps leaning a touch towards the artificial.

Wulf

[johnStock]

Originally Posted by wulf

The first one looks warmer, like late afternoon sun. What time of day was it? Also, since this appears to be two versions of an identical shot, are you working on WB in post production from a RAW original?

It certainly makes the girls look healthily tanned although the effect is perhaps leaning a touch towards the artificial.

Wulf

Yes and yes this was taken around 6pm, and I'm working on the RAW file in post.
I definitely like the warmer look, I'm just worried that it looks off/fake. I'm wondering if I should be using the second one as a better foundation and then taking it into photoshop to warm it up? Or just use the first one?

John

[edbayani]

try selecting areas to isolate them so you can correct them selectively.

[johnStock]

Originally Posted by edbayani

try selecting areas to isolate them so you can correct them selectively.

Do you mean in photoshop? Or DPP? Is there a way to do it without taking it into photoshop?

[wulf]

If it is an early evening shot, the light of the first one might not be so far off. I think ideally you would find and save a WB setting in your RAW editing program so you can apply a WB you are happy with at the click of a button. Setting a WB you don't like and the editing it in PS seems like a retrograde step - you still have the RAW original if you decide you want a different overall result at some point in future.

Wulf