White Balance settings for MLB night games?

I was at AT&T this past Friday night and was really unsure of my WB settings when the lights came on. I experimented but was never truly impressed with my shots. I was shooting with my 200mm 2.8l from the 3rd row left field bleachers. Shooting free hand with the prime at night was a challenge. Any tips would be appreciated.

Three ways spring to mind :

1)Do a custom white balance with a grey card. Just make sure that your grey card is in as much light as the subject . 3rd row of the bleachers you're pretty close, so you should be ok.

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2) Do a custom white balance off something white in the same lighting as your subjects. Back of a jersey for example. Or bring a coffee filter in your pocket.

3) Shoot RAW

As Darcy said. I'd add the best option is #3, shoot RAW and most of your worries will be gone.

shoot raw...period!

Thanks for the replies - yes, everything was shot in RAW and I was able to make a lot of adjustments in PP. Just wanted to see what alternatives there might be.

I don't shoot RAW because Ken Rockwell told me so.

That aside, sometimes under artificial light trying to correct WB for whites or neutral grays causes other colors to look unnatural. Any suggestions?

jrbdmb wrote in post #12863233
I don't shoot RAW because Ken Rockwell told me so.

That aside, sometimes under artificial light trying to correct WB for whites or neutral grays causes other colors to look unnatural. Any suggestions?

LOL, well Ken must like to adjust his LB a lot...any given Friday night if I was shooting jpg, I'd have to adjust the LB three different times over a span of one hour. I guess that would be my suggestion to you, shoot with the correct WB (and recalibrate it often) then you will not need to worry about it in post. Or don't follow the advise of Rockwell and live a little easier. Not sure why we must do things the hard way when doing it a quick and simple way, all the while producing the same quality of image. But to each their own.