Yesterday the sun came out and the light during my afternoon ski on Pyramid was spectacular. There was a little cloud of fog hanging out around the summit that came and went and made things interesting. I also tried to play a little more with the white balance settings on my camera and realized that you have to be careful about the 'white' snow that you choose for calibration. At first I picked snow in the sunshine (already golden) and then all the snow and highlights turned a weird color. I found I got the best calibration picking snow in the shade and facing away from the sun.
I also thought about it a bit and realized that this is why some photographers shoot in RAW - so that they can fix the photos later and not have to worry about getting it right on the mountain. But I also realized that by playing around with the white balance on the mountain I was getting it exactly right. I could see on my little camera screen when the colors were exactly right. If I had waited until I got home I would have been doing it from memory. Shooting in RAW is too much work anyway!
Yesterday was a beautiful day on the mountain. It put me in a really good mood.
Patrick
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