TAOP - Judging colour temperature 1

Outline: Using a subject with no strong colouring, take three photographs;

• One in full sunlight during the middle of the day
• One in shade during the middle of the day
• One in sunlight when the sun is close to the horizon

Compare the results.

I used a small dog statue for this exercise, easily moveable with no strong colouring. Av was set to F10 for all the images, ISO 200 and white balance on the daylight setting. The results came out as follows;

The blue really does show through here on the 'shade' image. Each photograph individually shows the neutral colouring, and at the time the colours looked fine, obviously just a little more 'dull' in the shade but putting the images side by side really does emphasise the difference. 

I had to move the subject for the daylight image. The shutter speed was 1/400 and in the photograph, the subject looks a little overexposed however the colour does look neutral.
The shade image has a strong 'bluey' tinge to it and the colours, although neutral in the photograph alone, looks very 'dreary' compared to the others.The shutter speed altered to 1/60 for this image.
The low sun image has more of an 'orangey' glow over it, but still looks colourful. The shutterspeed altered back up to 1/320 for this image.

Conclusion: It's interesting to see how the sunlight/shade can add or take away from the final image. I was also unaware that the colours could appear so different by the posisiton of the sun in the sky or how dramatic the affect was by taking photographs in the shade. It is definitely something to think about when compiling certain compositions.