When “right” is “wrong”
May, 20
As a photographer there are always those times when you sit at your desk staring at your screen wondering exactly what happened. Somewhere between pushing the stutter release and you monitor display bad things must surely must have occurred. That’s what I was thinking when I saw this rock.
Not so bad you may say… if I took it at sunset. Unfortunately, as I recall the color of the rock was much closer to gray when I was standing before it. It was an overcast day and as I almost always leave my white balance set to “cloudy” on my D1x I figured all would be well. -Well, forget that.
Ok, there we go -much better. But wait a minute; I’m in “florescent” white balance. I could be wrong but no book I ever read said anything about using “florescent” white balance outdoors. Not to mention, last time I checked, overcast daylight was not the same color temperature as cool white florescent bulbs… Oh well, it works for me. It just goes to show you that many times the perfectly “right” picture may be absolutely “wrong” for you. In photography it doesn’t hurt to break all the “rules” and see things in a little different -light.
As it turns out the black and white version isn’t too bad either and it avoids the color issue altogether. So many choices… Not sure which one is -right?
