For me, the most important reason, In addition to other benefits, is setting the correct white balance , because you can easely change it later in post production.

Lately on Facebook and other sites a lot of landscape photos, have completely wrong white balance (.). Photos taken during sunrise and sunsets are looking to green and yellow . At sunrise and sunsets colours are more warm orange and yellow with occasional blue sky above.

If you have the white balance set by your camera , or you are setting it yourself, then when shooting in JPG mode this values are later almost impossible to correct.

However, if you take pictures in RAW mode, this setting is not vitally important how your photo will look, because you can easily change it later in post production.

This is how the camera adjusted the white balance on this photo

white-balance

And this is how easy you can later change it to your desired value and look if you shoot raw.

white-balance-correction

 

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1 comments(-) “Why to photograph in raw mode – my view”

Vanja · 1. November, 2016 at 20:06

Hello

Infinite I admire your photos, where I am most fascinates the fog. I love the fog, but my photos of nebulae, that trail along between hills always grainy. How to reach, your fog always infinitely soft, Nevertheless, details – for example,. the Bell Tower of the Church, sharp. I know, photographers do not issue love secrets, but your work is so highly recognized, It's not fear, to give you an I, or. any jump in cabbage ;-) I wish I could send you one – today's, in which I couldn't wait, to get home and see it on your monitor, then …. Unfortunately, :( You could take a few minutes? Please.

LP, Vanja

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