Lab 3 : Noise Reduction & WB

White Balance

White balance : Auto White Balance

ISO 200 f/8 1/4 seconds

This shot was taken with the auto white balance preset. The camera tries to match the colours of the picture with the lightening of the environment.

White balance : Shade

ISO 200 f/8 1/5 seconds

This shot was taken with the shade preset. We can see that there is not a very big difference with the first picture taken in AWB. The only thing is that this picture has a lot more yellow tones (warmer).

White balance : Fluorescent

ISO 200 f/8 1/5 seconds

This shot was taken with the fluorescent preset. We can see that my picture looks like it has a blue/purple colour cast on it. 

Wrong WB : Tungsten light

ISO 200 f/8 1/5 seconds

This shot was taken with the wrong white balance on purpose. The tungsten light preset made my picture look very blue and cold. It does not look natural at all. 

Noise Reduction

#1

Standard

ISO 3200 f/9 1/400 seconds

Low 

ISO 3200 f/9 1/400 seconds

Strong

ISO 3200 f/9 1/400 seconds

#2

Standard

ISO 800 f/11 1/80 seconds

Low

ISO 800 f/11 1/80 seconds

Strong

ISO 800 f/11 1/80 seconds

#3

Standard

ISO 100 f/11 1/4 seconds

Low

ISO 100 f/11 1/4 seconds

Strong

ISO 100 f/11 1/4 seconds


I find that my in-camera noise reduction really did a good job. I could notice a difference in my pictures. I think that the best noise reduction setting of the three that I have on my camera would be Standard. I feel like using this setting made my pictures softer without really losing much detail and sharpness.