Photographing Aquarium Lighting

Currently using a Rebel Xsi (w/ a 18-55 IS lens) and I am having trouble capturing the blue in my lights. Every time I take a picture the blue lights looks white..I believe this is caused when the camera "evaluates" the lights and compares it to the brightness of the room. From there the camera tries to find a happy medium if I recall correctly.

Is there a way to capture the "blue" in the lights?

Thank you,

Shrek

 

This always happens to me!!! >:l

 

You have to set a custom white balance for the best results. Find a solid white sheet of paper and place it next to your tank and then change the white balance until the page appears white in the photo. Then you'll have about as accurate to real life color as you can get.

 

Roger, I will do that when I get home..Thanks anpgp

 

The best way is, as mentioned, to use a custom white balance. I wouldn't do this in the camera though, do it in software. Take a picture of something white, to use as a reference. Save the image in RAW format, do not use any thing such as jpeg, as it will permanently change the image, based on what the camera thinks it should look like. Then, once you have the images, go to photoshop or something and white balance it and then adjust the levels. The problem is the camera dosn't know how to process all the blue, but as long as you use RAW and don't allow the camera to process it, you can manually figure it out with software.