A night picture

[Leonid Photography]

Hey everyone,

I was at a car meet the other day and I was trying to take some pictures but It was really hard due to the yellow lighting that was in the parking lot. all the pictures come out with a yellow tint to them. Any advice on how to prevent this from happening?

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll219/lennylitvinyuk/san%20jose%20thursday%20meet/_MG_1483copy.jpg

[Gapton]

saying its a yellow "tint" would be..... quite an under-statement. I see that you have used Auto WB, which rarely gets the WB correct in tricky lighting situation.

you can set a custom WB by shooting at a plain white subject.

[Leonid Photography]

i was playing with the setting and I thought the custom white balance might help but it did not haha.

[seaside]

Shooting in RAW has it's advantages in situations like you've experienced here. Correcting the white balance in post processing is very effective. There will be situations you may not have time to set a custom white balance just prior to taking the shot and RAW can save the day.

[Sisyphus]

...It was really hard due to the yellow lighting that was in the parking lot. all the pictures come out with a yellow tint to them.

What color did you expect from yellow lights? ;) I must admit, though, this is about as extreme as I've ever seen.

[Leonid Photography]

did shoot these in raw but I could not correct it. could someone possibly guide my through how I would correct the raw image to try to reduce the yellowing?

[Sisyphus]

You can only do so much. If you remove the yellow, there's almost no color left. What PP software are you using?

http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL2098/11749001/20868158/363786322.jpg

[Leonid Photography]

i was trying photoshop cs3. but I am not the greatest at post processing, still learning.

[Gapton]

I assume you know DPP (Digital Photo Professional), the bundle software that came with your camera?

In it, you can re-select the WB settings for your shot. Or you can set a "click WB" or fine-tune the colour temperature etc.

[Grimlock]

This is simply from the tungsten lighting. Tungsten is always over exaggerated by yellow. You just need to set your WB, that's all.

You can just as easily change the WB in CS3 as well. Load up the CR2 file in CS3, and it will open with Camera RAW editor. The very first top-right setting is white balance. Try setting it on Custom and playing with the temperature/tints.