Avoid this common fall photography mistake!

It's always tempting to give our images an extra punch of color, but using the temperature slider to do so will get you in trouble!

Most of us are out to capture stunning gold leaves in the fall. Unfortunately, even during peak conditions, we often yearn for more. A warmer image can help the colors look bolder and better overall, but this comes with one major drawback.

Warming up your fall color images too much results in images that just don't look believable. Even if you shoot in auto white balance, the camera can often struggle to neutralize the scene due to overwhelming warm tones in your image.

To help you dial in the white balance (which is the most critical post-processing step, by the way!), I like to look at the things in my scene, which should feel neutral-toned. More often than not, this will be the shadows and tree trunks, which should feel like they are not too warm or cool. For aspen trees, the trunks should be white or slightly yellow. I'll adjust the white balance based on this one spot, then zoom out on my photo and use the HSL sliders to adjust the color of the oranges and yellows if I want the fall color to pop.

Hopefully, that'll help you get fall photos that feel more realistic this fall!

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[nsdm]

Yellow leaves cast yellow light on white aspen. Don't make it too white.

[NeilDoocy]

I feel like this is also just a great reminder to be aware of the colors in the neutral areas when editing really any photos. Maybe it’s obvious but fairly easy to forget.

[raytreat]

As opposed to trying to adjust neutrals and yellows with white balance setting in processing.. set white balance to make trees neutral then selectively adjust the yellows to desired saturation.

[FelanLP]

I always set my in camera WB to 5500k, which is the average white balance of normal sun light. That way everything looks how it actually looked under the current lighting conditions. But if you shoot in raw, you can adjust it later (aka you have to) and compensate for too warm or cold light and so on, if you want.

[enriquepadron]

needed this, i try to avoid this by strictly adjusting the yellows and oranges

[dangilmore]

This why you shoot in RAW format so it doesn't matter what white balance is applied by the camera. You just adjust it in post. All the fancy settings you apply in camera are just meta tags applied to the RAW file for whatever editing software you use.

[kringo_]

Hey ! I have a nikon d3100 with kit lens 18-55 and an iphone 13 base variant I already learned all the basics with my dslr I’ll buy a new hybrid camera next year after my graduation till then should I use the nikon d3100 or iphone 13 . Which one has better image quality? also should I go with song alpha 6700 or cannon r8 .I want it for both photography and videography.Just a bit more for videos please correct me If I am wrong somewhere. Gday

[STUDIO_FI.E]

Better teach them the white sheet technique on WB.

[McQueen]

😂 that's using a digital camera with a digital processor .. if you use the 35 mm camera wouldn't have to worry about that

[erikbadger]

I mean technically correct but noone outside of photograpers is like "yellow light is seeping into the white parts of this scene... Bad photo!". If you like the look of it with your whites on the warm side, keep them warm! Just be aware of the artistic decision you're making in your photo!

[CudChewingCattle]

Lol the warmth and oversaturation is so bad in most wedding photos. I get the trend. Warm colors are happy. I do not like the trend though 😂 looks cheesy

[elwelkin]

I do want I want, don’t tell me how to express my art