366 of 2012 - Day 24

366 of 2012 - Day 24. Weeb's My Little Pony collection (well, a small part of it) was the subject of today's photo. Picaboo is challenging us to learn to use the White Balance features on our cameras. So I did some playing around again today, remembering to take notes on what I did.

Below, taken in my kitchen with my Canon PowerShot G12 on Auto. I used a tripod, and my only lighting was the crap fluorescent light above me and the crap little light on the stove that I turned on for added fun. F-stop f/3.2, 1/50 sec. exposure time, ISO-640, focal length 9mm, max aperture 3.34375, pattern metering, subject distance 150mm, auto white balance. I applied Unsharp Mask and a High Pass Filter on this photo before cropping and adding text in Photoshop.

The rest of these shots were taken the same as the one above, all in the kitchen, all with the tripod and no flash.

1. Camera set to Auto and is the photo I featured, above - F-stop f/3.2, 1/50 sec. exposure time, ISO-640, focal length 9mm, max aperture 3.34375, pattern metering, subject distance 150mm, auto white balance, no flash, used a tripod.

2. Camera set to SCN and used the Beach setting - F-stop f/3.2, 1/30 sec. exposure time, ISO-400, focal length 9mm, max aperture 3.34375, pattern metering, manual white balance, no flash, used a tripod.

3. Camera set to SCN and used the Foliage setting - F-stop f/3.2, 1/40 sec. exposure time, ISO-400, focal length 9mm, max aperture 3.34375, pattern metering, manual white balance, no flash, used a tripod.

4. Camera set to SCN and used the Snowy setting - F-stop f/3.2, 1/30 sec. exposure time, ISO-400, focal length 9mm, max aperture 3.34375, pattern metering, auto white balance, no flash, used a tripod. I also used a timer for this shot, as the camera was indicating that I was not stable, even with the tripod.

5. Camera set to P (program) and used the default setting, adjusting the white balance to the Florescent setting - F-stop f/3.2, 1/50 sec. exposure time, ISO-500, focal length 9mm, max aperture 3.34375, pattern metering, manual white balance, no flash, used a tripod. I also used a timer for this shot, because it was still set up from the prior shot.

6. Camera set to P (program) and used the default setting, adjusting the white balance to the Tungsten setting - F-stop f/3.2, 1/50 sec. exposure time, ISO-800, focal length 9mm, max aperture 3.34375, pattern metering, manual white balance, no flash, used a tripod. I also used a timer for this shot, because it was still set up from the prior shot.

7. Camera set to P (program) and used the default setting, adjusting the white balance to the Cloudy setting - F-stop f/3.2, 1/50 sec. exposure time, ISO-500, focal length 9mm, max aperture 3.34375, pattern metering, manual white balance, no flash, used a tripod. I also used a timer for this shot, because it was still set up from the prior shot.

8. Camera set to P (program) and used the default setting, adjusting the white balance to the Sunny setting - F-stop f/3.2, 1/50 sec. exposure time, ISO-500, focal length 9mm, max aperture 3.34375, pattern metering, manual white balance, no flash, used a tripod. I also used a timer for this shot, because it was still set up from the prior shot.

9. Camera set to P (program) and used the default setting, adjusting the white balance to the auto 'AWB' setting - F-stop f/3.2, 1/50 sec. exposure time, ISO-500, focal length 9mm, max aperture 3.34375, pattern metering, auto white balance, no flash, used a tripod. I also used a timer for this shot, because it was still set up from the prior shot.

There ya go. Thrilling stuff, eh?