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Why do you get blue sunrise/sunset pics with a digital camera?
When taking photos at sunrise/sunset in the middle of numerous shots I sometimes get a blue photo.
Why does that happen?
I often take digital photos of the sunrise but every now and then one will be all blue tones instead of the reds and oranges and pinks of the actual sunrise/sunset.
I find that turning on the flash fixes it and that the pictures will all be the correct colours and yet there is enough light available for the flash to not automatically fire.
Why do you get blue sunrise/sunset pics?
Added to say I have a point and shoot Kodak digital camera
3 Answers
- TerisuLv 71 decade agoFavourite answer
The orangeish cast from the setting or rising sun is fooling your camera into thinking it needs to compensate by shifting to blue. Do you have a way to set your white balance to certain scenes, like sunset? That would help.
- Sang KLv 41 decade ago
Because it is perfectly normal to get BLUE. Photography is using light, and if you have very little of, all kind of colors start to appear. That is why sunrise/sunset is the best time to take pictures.
- 1 decade ago
Probably it's the white balance of your camera. Your camera needs to establish a "base white" color for every picture, but the sunset light can fool it. Try to set the white balance manually (check in your camera manual for "white balance" or WB).
Usually you can set it manually to sun light, shadow, fluorescent light, etc. Take test pictures while you change the white balance and check the one that gives you better results.
