TAOP - Judging colour temperature 2

Outline: Take a similar situation to the previous exercise and shoot the same three kids of picture, but for each one vary the camera's white balance setting;

• One at the daylight setting
• One at the shade setting
• One at the auto setting

Compare the results

Once again, my subject is another trusty garden ornament. AV was set to F10 and ISO 200 for all images.

Daylight - mid afternoon.

So here, it's the daylight setting that looks the most 'blue' and the shade setting makes the image look more 'orange'. The auto setting has a mixture of the two really. The shade setting looks like a low sun image in the previous exercise. I prefer this one to the daylight setting as now it's the daylight setting that looks a bit more 'dull' in comparison. But overall the auto setting has an equal balance of both and so i favour this one of the three.

In the shade - mid afternoon.

Again, the shade setting shines through in this selection. As above, the daylight setting is very 'bluey' but even the auto setting looks more blue here. The shade setting, although still very 'orangey', is a little more clourful than the others. This is my favourite here. 
Daylight - low sun.

My conclusions of this selection is the same as the daylight - mid afternoon selection. I prefer the auto setting image purely because it seems to have a good mixture of the colours.

Conclusion: Varying the white balance setting can also have a dramatic effect on the overall photograph, depending on the natural light available. I find it uplifting to see that photographs taken in the shade do not always have to be dull and void of any vivid colouring, it's as easy as amending a camera setting to change the whole outlook of the final image.